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Meanings of terrified in English

Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation.

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        1
        Paulo was terrified: 'Do you mean I'm going to have shock treatment?'
        A warrior's life: a biography of paulo coelho
        2
        He is always terrified in the moment of real crisis and peril.
        French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
        3
        Cutler said both were terrified of Keylock, who threatened them with violence.
        Reuters
        4
        They are the actions of a government terrified of adverse media attention.
        The Guardian
        5
        In a way she was terrified; in another way she was contemptuous.
        The Necromancers
        6
        I cannot say; I only half looked; I was terrified by it.
        The House of the Whispering Pines
        7
        I'm so horrified, so terrified to hear the truth in his words.
        Unravel Me
        8
        The sound of the trumpets startled her; the unusual noises terrified her.
        The Nameless Castle
        9
        The terrified soldier must utter words to get the torture to stop.
        The Guardian
        10
        The Free Syrian Army organized buses to evacuate terrified residents to Turkey.
        Reuters
        11
        The cry, and the terrified words which accompanied it, aroused Lady Mar.
        The Scottish Chiefs
        12
        I sit motionless, terrified of the questions the men may ask me.
        The kommandant's girl
        13
        She let the current carry her farther out, terrified the whole time.
        Vicious
        14
        Small wonder the family were terrified, not to mention furious with him.
        The Reality Dysfunction
        15
        The greatness of the affair terrified him; yet its melancholy drew him.
        Come Rack! Come Rope!
        16
        The sound of the bell had frightened them; its silence terrified them.
        The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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