Home › Words › H › horrificationhorrification/ˌhɒɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/horrification means the act of horrifying, or state of being horrified.horrification is pronounced /ˌhɒɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/.EtymologyFrom horror + -ification, or alternatively horrific + -ation.nounThe act of horrifying, or state of being horrified.That which causes horror.e.g.“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 […]” — 1801, Maria Edgeworth, Belinda:The act of making or becoming horrifying.e.g.“the film industry's relentless horrification of rural culture” — 2024, Walter S. DeKeseredy, Criminological Understandings of Horror Films: Reel Fear, page 15:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.horrifier 76% match — One who, or that which, horrifies. vs horrification →horrifical 76% match — Of or pertaining to horror. vs horrification →horrifying 76% match — Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific. vs horrification →horribility 72% match — The quality of being horrible. vs horrification →horrify 72% match — To cause to feel extreme apprehension or unease; to cause to experience horror. vs horrification →terrification 71% match — An act of terrifying. vs horrification →horridity 71% match — The quality of being horrid. vs horrification →enhorrored 70% match — Filled with horror. vs horrification →