terrify

/ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/

verb 3

Collocations

ADJ.

enough, heedless, still, used

VERB + TERRIFY

continues, experience, power, shock, snakes

TERRIFY + NOUN

anew, anyone, michael, world, ziri

ADV.

really

verb

To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.

To menace or intimidate.

Your men are valiant but their number few, And cannot terrifie his mightie hoſt, […]

To make terrible.

verb — fill with terror

Your men are valiant but their number few, And cannot terrifie his mightie hoſt, […]

Wiktionary

That was enough to terrify anyone.

Tatoeba · #5725945

Spiders terrify me.

Tatoeba · #6532352

Snakes terrify me.

Tatoeba · #6532379

A greater yet and ghastlier sign remained / our heedless hearts to terrify anew.

Tatoeba · #6814569

The various atrocities performed still shock and terrify the world today.

Tatoeba · #6907373

i Register

In some senses, terrify is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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