单词 | terrify |
释义 | terrify/ˈtɛrɪfʌɪ /verb (terrifies, terrifying, terrified) [with object] Cause to feel extreme fear: the thought terrifies me (as adjective terrified) he is terrified of spiders [with clause]: she was terrified he would drop her (as adjective terrifying) the terrifying events of the past few weeks...
Synonyms petrified, scared stiff, frightened/scared out of one's wits, scared witless, frightened/scared to death, terror-stricken, terror-struck, horror-stricken, horror-struck, paralysed with fear, horrified, panic-stricken, with one's heart in one's mouth, shaking in one's shoes, shaking like a leaf, frantic, hysterical, beside oneself; scared, frightened, afraid; Scottish feart informal in a cold sweat, in a (blue) funk British informal funky, windy North American informal spooked vulgar slang scared shitless, shit scared, shitting bricks, bricking oneself dialect frit archaic afeared, affrighted petrify, scare stiff, scare/frighten someone out of their wits, scare witless, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, scare the hell out of, strike terror into, fill with fear, put the fear of God into, make someone's blood run cold, chill someone's blood, paralyse with fear, make someone's flesh creep, give someone goose pimples, make someone's hair stand on end, send into a cold sweat, make someone shake in their shoes; horrify, alarm, appal, panic, throw into a panic; frighten, scare informal scare the pants off, make someone's hair curl, scarify British informal throw into a blue funk Irish informal scare the bejesus out of North American informal spook vulgar slang scare shitless, scare the shit out of archaic affright Derivativesterrifier
OriginLate 16th century: from Latin terrificare, from terrificus 'frightening' (see terrific). Rhymes |
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