horrification

English

Etymology

horror +‎ -ification, or alternatively horrific +‎ -ation.

Noun

horrification (countable and uncountable, plural horrifications)

  1. That which causes horror.
    • Maria Edgeworth
      As the old woman and her miserable light went on before us, I could almost have thought of Sir Bertrand, or of some German horrifications […]
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