Terrify
11terrify — verb /ˈtɛrɪfaɪ/ a) To frighten greatly; to fill with terror. b) To menace or intimidate. See Also: terrible, terrific, terrifying, terror …
12terrify — Synonyms and related words: affright, alarm, appall, awe, freeze, fright, frighten, horrify, paralyze, petrify, scare, scare stiff, scare to death, shock, spook, startle, strike dumb, strike terror into, stun, stupefy, terrorize| …
13terrify — v. (R) it terrified me to contemplate the consequences of your actions; it terrifies us that there may be another earthquake * * * [ terɪfaɪ] it terrifyies us that there may be another earthquake (R) it terrifyied me to contemplate the… …
14terrify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. terrorize, frighten, alarm; appall, dismay; cow, intimidate; panic, stampede. See fear. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shock, horrify, terrorize; see frighten 1 . See Synonym Study at frighten . III… …
15terrify — 01. My children were absolutely [terrified] of dogs when they were little. 02. The Martians were [terrified] when they discovered that the Gorilla Men of Venus were planning to attack their space station. 03. Janis took a sky diving class, but… …
16terrify — ter|ri|fy [ˈterıfaı] v past tense and past participle terrified present participle terrifying third person singular terrifies [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: terrificare, from terrificus; TERRIFIC] to make someone extremely afraid ▪ Her… …
17terrify — ter|ri|fy [ terə,faı ] verb transitive * to make someone very frightened: The bombing of a residential neighborhood terrified the nation …
18terrify — [[t]te̱rɪfaɪ[/t]] terrifies, terrifying, terrified VERB If something terrifies you, it makes you feel extremely frightened. [V n] Flying terrifies him... [V n] The thought of dying slowly and painfully terrified me. Syn …
19terrify — ter·ri·fy || terɪfaɪ v. scare, frighten greatly, intimidate …
20terrify — verb (terrifies, terrifying, terrified) cause to feel terror. Derivatives terrifier noun terrifying adjective terrifyingly adverb Origin C16: from L. terrificare, from terrificus (see terrific) …
