Terrify
['terɪfaɪ] or ['tɛrɪfaɪ]
Definition
(v. t.) To make terrible.
(v. t.) To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Frighten, fright, affright, alarm, scare, horrify, appall, daunt, strike with terror, petrify with terror.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Frighten, scare, horrify, shock, appal,[See_TERRIBLE]
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Definition
v.t. to cause terror in: to frighten greatly: to alarm:—pa.t. and pa.p. terr′ifīed.—adj. Terrif′ic creating or causing terror: fitted to terrify: dreadful.—adv. Terrif′ically.
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Examples
- Innocent as I had been of any intention to terrify and agitate her, my heart smote me as I looked at the poor, pale, frightened face. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Every fresh thing he does seems to terrify me about the future. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The mere notion of the possibility of his ever seeing her again, appeared to terrify him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I asked, terrified at the unexpected sound, and incapable now of deriving from any occurrence a hope of aid. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In 73 B.C. all Italy was terrified by a rising of the slaves, and particularly of the gladiators, led by a gladiator from Thessaly, Spartacus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She stopped in the act of putting the note in her bosom, and, with her hands yet at her neck, looked terrified at Madame Defarge. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- To this the fat boy, considerably terrified, briefly responded, 'Missis. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The subjects were terrified from uttering their griefs while they saw the thunder of the Star Chamber pointed at their heads. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The poor soul grew so timid that she actually left off bullying Briggs any more, and clung to her niece, more fond and terrified every day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There were the rooms in which Grandpapa died, and by which the children walked with terrified looks. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She could feel his body gradually relaxing a little, losing its terrifying, unnatural rigidity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- One--twice--thrice that terrifying cry rang out across the teeming solitude of that unspeakably quick, yet unthinkably dead, world. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Another word from the great Thark, and with a wild and terrifying battle-cry the green warriors charged. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Oh, it was the most terrifying experience one could imagine--I cannot even write of it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Scarcely had they closed their eyes than the terrifying cry of a panther rang out from the jungle behind them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Aren't they really terrifying? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And, since I am so terrifying, take me altogether---- Doctor Bankhead, I'll ring the bell, and I tried to reach it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Fairlie, your national composure terrifies me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The threat that terrifies more than whipping or torture of any kind is the threat of being sent down river. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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