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Definition of Terrify
1. Verb. Fill with terror; frighten greatly. "The bad news will terrify him"
Exact synonyms: Terrorise, Terrorize
Generic synonyms: Affright, Fright, Frighten, Scare
Specialized synonyms: Panic
Derivative terms: Terror, Terror, Terrorisation, Terror, Terrorization
Generic synonyms: Affright, Fright, Frighten, Scare
Specialized synonyms: Panic
Derivative terms: Terror, Terror, Terrorisation, Terror, Terrorization
Definition of Terrify
1. v. t. To make terrible.
Definition of Terrify
1. Verb. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror. ¹
2. Verb. To menace or intimidate. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete) To make terrible. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Terrify
1. to fill with terror [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terrify
Literary usage of Terrify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"To discourage ; to deject j to terrify; to depress. To dishearten with fearful
sentences, as though salvation could hardly be hoped for, is not so consonant ..."
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