Terrify

  • 21terrify — v. a. Frighten, fright, affright, alarm, scare, horrify, appall, daunt, strike with terror, petrify with terror, shock, dismay …

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  • 22terrify — verb (T) to make someone extremely afraid: Her husband s violence terrified her …

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  • 23terrify — verb that crazy driver terrified us Syn: petrify, horrify, frighten, scare, scare stiff, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, scare/frighten someone out of their wits, scare witless …

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  • 24terrify — v terrorize, fill with terror, consternate, Chiefly Scot. fley, Archaic. affright; scare to death, Sl. scare stiff, Inf. scare or frighten out of one s wits or senses; stun, paralyze, petrify, freeze, strike dumb, put one s heart in one s mouth;… …

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  • 25terrify — ter·ri·fy …

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  • 26terrify — verb Syn: frighten, horrify, petrify, scare, strike terror into, paralyse, transfix …

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  • 27terrify — [ˈterəfaɪ] verb [T] to make someone very frightened terrifying adj …

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  • 28terrify — ter•ri•fy [[t]ˈtɛr əˌfaɪ[/t]] v. t. fied, fy•ing to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid • Etymology: 1565–75; < L terrificāre, v. der. of terrificus; see terrific, fy ter′ri•fi er, n. ter′ri•fy ing•ly, adv …

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  • 29terrify — /ˈtɛrəfaɪ / (say teruhfuy) verb (t) (terrified, terrifying) to fill with terror; make greatly afraid. {Latin terrificāre} –terrified, adjective –terrifier, noun …

  • 30terrify —   Ho oweli, ho oweliweli, ho omaka u.   Also: hō upu upu, ho omā e ele …

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