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Meanings of
terrify
in English
Portuguese
horripilar
Catalan
abasardar
Spanish
aterrar
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Fill with terror; frighten greatly.
terrorize
terrorise
Portuguese
horripilar
Usage of
terrify
in English
1
I
terrify
small children, and mothers think I'm a danger to society.
2
The Marshal, known only by his surname, still had power to
terrify
.
3
I had no idea the sight of me would
terrify
you so.
4
The idea of getting married to any one seems to
terrify
her.
5
The noise was enough to
terrify
even the boldest of wild beasts.
6
The druids tried to
terrify
them by the rites of their religion.
7
What exactly had Apollo done to the lad to
terrify
him so?
8
It is thought their appearance will be sufficient to
terrify
the Spaniards.
9
She determined to go into the kitchen and
terrify
Maggie into confession.
10
And I hope you will not
terrify
me-still dreading the accursed knife.
11
Every fresh thing he does seems to
terrify
me about the future.
12
He wanted to
terrify
me by sending the invitation through a centurion.
13
Defeat even by the razor-thin margin of 365 votes will
terrify
them.
14
But I do not understand why our appearance should so
terrify
you.
15
Nevertheless, I think you will admit that it did not
terrify
me.
16
Upon my soul, you
terrify
me with this deaf and dumb trick.
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terrify
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
terrify a man
terrify any one
terrify people
terrify even
terrify small
More collocations
Translations for
terrify
Portuguese
horripilar
aterrorizar
Catalan
abasardar
aterrir
esfereir
Spanish
aterrar
Terrify
through the time
Terrify
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common