terrified
Use Terrified in a sentence
əˌfaɪ verb (used with object), ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing.
to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
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| —vb , -fies, -fying, -fied | |
| (tr) to inspire fear or dread in; frighten greatly | |
| [C16: from Latin terrificāre, from terrēre to alarm + facere to cause] | |
| 'terrifier | |
| —n | |
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Terrified
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Word Origin & History
terrify
1570s, from L. terrificare "to frighten," from terrificus "causing terror" (see terrific).
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Example sentences
It looks terrified and exhilarated as, for the first time, it feels the medium in which it will spend almost all of its life.
She said she was relieved but also angry at having been terrified over nothing for two months.
Not only does he not swim, but he's kind of terrified of water.
At one point you might wind up in a dimly lit graveyard, alone and terrified.
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