how to pronounce horrified

/ˈhɔːɹəˌfaɪd/

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horrified is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of horrified in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and they were horrified and then he …”

meanings of horrified

adjective:

Struck with horror.

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of horrify.

horrified frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word horrified occurs in english on average 5.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics horrified can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that horrified can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;