来自horrify,惊吓，恐吓。即受到惊吓的，令人震惊的。

1. The scale of the problem is horrifying.

问题之严重令人震惊。

2. These were horrifying experiences.

这些经历骇人听闻。

3. He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was.

他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖.

4. The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.

战争的可能性太可怕了,真不堪细想.

5. He followed this up with a few horrifying anecdotes from his own past.

他接下去讲了几件有关自己过去的令人震惊的轶事.