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Terrify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten.

v. To menace or threaten; intimidate.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.

v. To menace or intimidate.

v. To make terrible.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To make terrible.

v. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To make afraid; strike with fear; affect or fill with terror; frighten; alarm.

To make terrible.

Synonyms To scare, horrify, appal, daunt. See afraid.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. fill with terror; frighten greatly

Word Usage

"It used the term "climate porn" to describe what it categorized as alarmist language on climate issues meant to "thrill" and "terrify" - but which failed to encourage meaningful action."

Verb Form

terrified terrifies terrifying

Variant

terrified

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

frighten

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

clarify verify

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

frighten terrible appal startle ominous horrid horrify eerie sicken