terrify

Verb

Meaning

To make terrible.

To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

terrorize terrorise alar cow spook daunt strike shock panic alarm threaten frightened horrified dismay disturb
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Antonyms

support spelling calm comfort please delight
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Hypernyms

scare frighten fright affright

Hyponyms

panic

Related terms

terrible terror terrifying terrific terrorize terrorist

Phrases with the word

to terrify

Derivatives

terrified terrifying

Examples

What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow. Mary Shelley

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit. Thomas Paine

To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation-is that good for the world? Christopher Hitchens

I don't know what effect these men will have on the enemy, but by God, they terrify me. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

The paparazzi terrify and torment people and endanger people and it's really unpleasant. Barbara Broccoli

Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves. Niccolò Machiavelli

Close letter words and terms

terrifiedly terrifiedness terrifier terrifying terrifyingly terrifyingness