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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

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

  5. 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." While some people might say that monsters terrify them, others are terrified by heights, snakes, or speaking in public.

  6. 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. (Definition of terrify from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of terrify. terrify.

  7. 3 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]

  8. 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid: "She was terrified that he would lie to her" (Jodi Picoult). See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To drive or force by arousing fear: "The few who survived had long ago been terrified into complete intellectual surrender" (George Orwell). [Latin terrificāre, from terrificus, terrific; see terrific .]

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