horrifying

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of horrify

adj

1. Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.

   “Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.”