单词 | terrifying |
释义 | terrifying (terɪfaɪɪŋ ) adjective [oft ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] B2 If something is terrifying, it makes you very frightened. I still find it terrifying to find myself surrounded by large numbers of horses. Rabies has been described as one of the most terrifying diseases known to man. Synonyms: frightening, scary [informal], alarming, appalling terrifyingly graded adverb Below was a terrifyingly deep crevasse. Costs can escalate terrifyingly. Collocations: terrifying creature As the flood waters rise these terrifying creatures are forced out of their holes and into our houses. The Sun While some are safe, such as the stegosaurus and parasaurolophus, other terrifying creatures such as the velociraptors and dilophosaurus will be on the hunt. The Sun Even so, he highlighted a critically important transition in the evolution of human behaviour — from dexterous ape to the creative, organised, technological and terrifying creatures that we are today. Times, Sunday Times As the building's occupants try to escape the building they find themselves stalked and attacked by terrifying creatures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Leaving my home for the first time while wearing a wig, trying to pretend it was my own hair, was a terrifying experience. The Sun Despite the plane catching fire on take-off, a terrifying experience, he forced himself to take the next available flight, but his fear of aircraft persisted. Times, Sunday Times For sailors, the terrifying experience of combat was relatively rare; the tedious routine of operating a cramped warship on long voyages was the norm. The Times Literary Supplement The two families had endured a 'terrifying experience', it said. Times, Sunday Times It was a terrifying experience to have the very vessel that controls everything turn on you. The Sun It was a terrifying incident for my wife in the early hours of the morning to see people scrambling up ladders on to the house. Times, Sunday Times It was a terrifying incident. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps she was thinking about a terrifying incident that she sometimes mentions on stage. Times, Sunday Times Luckily, nobody was hurt in the terrifying incident. The Sun His family were caught up in the terrifying incident. Times, Sunday Times The terrifying possibility of making another, much sadder announcement several days or weeks later. Christianity Today A host of terrifying possibilities set upon me. Christianity Today And as the future was dark with the terrifying possibilities of human disaster then, so, today, are we confronted by the possibility of catastrophic world events. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This year is hurtling past at a terrifying speed. The Sun (2016) In 2008 he was attacked with terrifying speed by motor neurone disease and is paralysed from the neck down. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The murder toll is rising at terrifying speed. The Sun (2008) The second episode of this docudrama series tells their terrifying tale. The Sun She survived the horrific ordeal, and here describes her terrifying tale. The Sun The stats tell a terrifying tale. The Sun A terrifying tale with plenty of bite. The Sun Words which put together told a terrifying tale, a prophecy of doom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The medievals really did know about spirits: a terrifying thought. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps, had his military career not been transformed by the revolution, he might have become a writer - a terrifying thought indeed. Times, Sunday Times Anything could have been placed inside our cases - a terrifying thought in view of the latest tragic air disaster. Times, Sunday Times The boat can get 15 per cent quicker and reach up to 40 knots, he estimates - a terrifying thought. Times,Sunday Times Only the loss of a family member was deemed a more terrifying thought. Times, Sunday Times Out of the blue, they faced a police investigation and the terrifying threat of their son being taken into care. Times, Sunday Times The crime-fighting heroes come up against a terrifying threat when a sinister villain clones all their former foes! The Sun Accidental fires destroyed many ships, so fire ships presented a terrifying threat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These are terrifying threats, and diplomatic efforts to defuse them have so far proved futile. Times, Sunday Times He said big businesses have no excuse not to take immediate action to avoid 'a number of truly terrifying and interconnected threats'. The Sun But truly terrifying times can also be truly life-changing. Times, Sunday Times The moments when they are cut off in space, seemingly doomed to drift off into eternity, are truly terrifying. Times, Sunday Times It was mythically horrendous; a truly terrifying battle. Times, Sunday Times It was a terrific series but nothing truly terrifying was on view. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 令人恐惧的 Japanese: 恐れさせる |
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