terrifyverb [ T ]
uk/ˈter.ə.faɪ/us/ˈter.ə.faɪ/B2 to frighten someone very much:
The idea of parachuting out of a plane terrifies me.
More examples
- Our maths teacher terrified all the children.
- I'm terrified by spiders.
- The thought of being stuck underground terrified him.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Frightening and scaring
- chill
- chill sb to the bone/marrow idiom
- cow
- creep
- curdle
- daylight
- flesh
- frighten
- make your flesh crawl/creep idiom
- overawe
- petrify
- put the fear of God into you idiom
- put/get the wind up sb idiom
- scare
- send
- send chills down/up sb's spine idiom
- send shivers down/up sb's spine idiom
- send shudders/a shudder down your spine idiom
- shiver (up and) down your spine idiom
- wit
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