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terrifying

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ter·ri·fy  (tr-f)
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.terrifying - causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail"
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 streettodavía me da muchísimo miedo caminar por esa calle
terrifying [ˈtɛrɪfaɪɪŋ] adj (= frightening) → terrifiant(e)
terrifying
adj film, storygrauenerregend; thought, sightentsetzlich; speedAngst erregend, furchterregend
terrifying [ˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ] adjterrificante
terrifying [ˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ] adjterrificante


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For a moment he stood statuesque but for his sensitively dilating nostrils; then he wheeled and fled noiselessly from the terrifying presence of man.
You are a tyrant, my father," she added, after a terrifying pause.
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.
 
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