terrifying

ter·ri·fy (t

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tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies

1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten.

2. To menace or threaten; intimidate.

[Latin terrificre, from terrificus, terrific; see terrific.]

terrifying [ˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ]

adj

causing great fear or dread; extremely frightening

terrifyingly adv

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Adj.

terrifying - causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail"

terrific

alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger

terrifying

adjective frightening, scary (informal), alarming, appalling, dreadful, menacing, intimidating, fearful, daunting, fearsome, unnerving, hair-raising, baleful one of the most terrifying diseases known to man

Translations

terrifying [ˈterɪfaɪɪŋ] ADJ [experience, sound, sight] → espantoso, aterrador; [person] → aterrador
it was terrifying! → ¡fue espantoso or aterrador!
what a terrifying thought! → ¡qué idea más aterradora!, ¡qué espanto!
I still find it terrifying to walk along that street → todavía me da muchísimo miedo caminar por esa calle

terrifying [ˈtɛrɪfaɪɪŋ] adj (= frightening) → terrifiant(e)

terrifying

adj film, story → grauenerregend; thought, sight → entsetzlich; speed → Angst erregend, furchterregend

terrifying [ˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ] adj → terrificante

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affright
Agast
awestruck
Awhape
blood-curdling
Demogorgon
frighten
frightened
frightener
hair-raising
hideous
horrific
horrify
incubus
nightmare
overawed
panic-stricken
panic-struck
panicked

For a moment he stood statuesque but for his sensitively dilating nostrils; then he wheeled and fled noiselessly from the terrifying presence of man.

Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

You are a tyrant, my father," she added, after a terrifying pause.

Vendetta by de Balzac, Honore View in context

They were slow, hesitant, uncertain, as of something that did not see its way; to my disordered reason all the more terrifying for that, as the approach of some blind and mindless malevolence to which is no appeal.

Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

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