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1. • To frighten someone severely

     • to frighten someone severely: His looks are enough to terrify anyone.
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   What does it mean if something terrifies you?

   • If something terrifies you, it makes you feel extremely frightened. Flying terrifies him. [VERB noun] The thought of dying slowly and painfully terrified me. [VERB noun] She was terrified that Ronnie would kidnap Sam. I'm terrified to think about the fact that my mother will die someday. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What is terrify verb?

   • Definition of terrify verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to make somebody feel extremely frightened terrify somebody Flying terrifies her. Stop it! You’re terrifying the children! terrify somebody into (doing) something He terrified employees at the bank into handing over cash. Want to learn more?

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   What is a synonym for terrifying?

   • Synonyms for Terrifying are for example chilling, frightening and hair-raising. More synonyms can be found below the puzzle answers. Using a synonym can be a good alternative for using “Terrifying”. You might be able to find more answers by using these: chilling, frightening, hair-raising, horrific, macabre, scary, sinister and spine-tingling.

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   Why do you feel frightened if something terrifies you?

   • The intensity with which fire burns and the speed with which it can destroy something is terrifying. And because of the unpredictable course of the disease, my thoughts were always terrified. If something terrifies you, it makes you feel extremely frightened. The idea of death terrified me.

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   1. a. : to drive or impel by menacing : scare. b. : deter, intimidate. 2. : to fill with terror. Synonyms. affright. alarm. alarum. frighten. horrify. panic. scare. scarify. shock. spook. startle.

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   to frighten someone very much: The idea of parachuting out of a plane terrifies me. Compare. frighten. scare verb. terrorize. Fewer examples. Our maths teacher terrified all the children. I'm terrified by spiders. The thought of being stuck underground terrified him. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   /ˌtɛrəˈfaɪ/ /ˈtɛrɪfaɪ/ IPA guide. Other forms: terrified; terrifying; terrifies. If you terrify someone, that person is enormously frightened of you. The verb terrify is closely related to the word terror, and its Latin root is terrificus, "causing terror."

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   Terrify definition: to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.. See examples of TERRIFY used in a sentence.

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   verb [ T ] us / ˈter·əˌfɑɪ / Add to word list. to frighten someone severely: His looks are enough to terrify anyone. terrified. adjective us / ˈter·əˌfɑɪd / She’s always been terrified of spiders. terrifying. adjective us / ˈter·əˌfɑɪ·ɪŋ / a terrifying experience.

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   4 days ago · If something terrifies you, it makes you feel extremely frightened. Flying terrifies him. [VERB noun] The thought of dying slowly and painfully terrified me. [VERB noun] Synonyms: frighten, scare, petrify, alarm More Synonyms of terrify. terrified adjective [ADJECTIVE that, ADJECTIVE to-infinitive]

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   terrify somebody into (doing) something He terrified employees at the bank into handing over cash. Definition of terrify verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.