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Webster 1913 Edition
Terrify
Ter′ri-fy
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Terrified
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Terrifying
.] 1.
To make terrible.
[Obs.]
If the law, instead of aggravating and
terrifying
sin, shall give out license, it foils itself. Milton.
2.
To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not
terrified
. Luke xxi. 9.
Webster 1828 Edition
Terrify
TER'RIFY
,Verb.
T.
To frighten; to alarm or shock with fear.
They were terrified and affrighted. Luke 24.
When ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified. Luke 21. Job.7.
Definition 2024
terrify
terrify
English
Alternative forms
- terrifie (obsolete)
Verb
terrify (third-person singular simple present terrifies, present participle terrifying, simple past and past participle terrified)
- To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
- To menace or intimidate.
- (obsolete) To make terrible.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:frighten
Related terms
Translations
to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
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to menace or intimidate