terrify

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• terrifie (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/

VerbEdit

terrify (third-person singular simple present terrifies, present participle terrifying, simple past and past participle terrified)

1. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
2. To menace or intimidate.
3. (obsolete) To make terrible.

SynonymsEdit

• See also Thesaurus:frighten

Related termsEdit

• terrible
• terrific
• terrifying
• terror
• terrorist
• terrorize

TranslationsEdit

to frighten greatly; to fill with terror

• Catalan: aterrir (ca)
• Esperanto: teruri
• Finnish: kauhistuttaa (fi), pelottaa (fi)
• Georgian: შეძრწუნება (šeʒrc̣uneba), დაშინება (dašineba), დაზაფრვა (dazaprva)
• Greek: τρομάζω (el) (tromázo), κατατρομάζω (el) (katatromázo)
• Latin: terreō
• Maori: whakaihi

• Portuguese: aterrorizar (pt)
• Romanian: înspăimânta (ro)
• Slovene: prestrašiti (sl)
• Spanish: aterrar (es)
• Tagalog: sindakin
• Turkish: dehşete düşürmek (tr)

to menace or intimidate

• Finnish: pelottaa (fi)
• Greek: τρομοκρατώ (el) (tromokrató)

• Turkish: gözünü korkutmak (tr), yıldırmak (tr)

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• Old English: eġesian

• Telugu: భయభ్రాంతి కలుగు (bhayabhraaMti kalugu)