terrify

English

Alternative forms

• terrifie (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French terrifier, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin terrificare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/

Verb

terrify (third-person singular simple present terrif, present participle ies, simple past and past participle terrified)

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:frighten

Related terms

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

Translations

to frighten greatly; to fill with terror

• Catalan: aterrir (ca)
• Esperanto: teruri
• Finnish: kauhistuttaa (fi), pelottaa (fi)
• Georgian: შეძრწუნება (šeʒrc̣uneba), დაშინება (dašineba), დაზაფრვა (dazaprva)
• German: erschrecken (de)
• Greek: τρομάζω (el) (tromázo), κατατρομάζω (el) (katatromázo)

  Ancient: πτοέω (ptoéō)

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

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• (deprecated template usage) Old English: eġesian
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• (deprecated template usage) Telugu: భయభ్రాంతి కలుగు (bhayabhraaMti kalugu)