terrify

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈtɛrɪfaɪ/

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Verb

Plain form terrify

Third-person singular terrifies

Past tense terrified

Past participle terrified

Present participle terrifying

1. When you terrify someone, you frighten the person greatly; to fill with terror.

   The dogs terrify the cats.

Related words

• terror
• terrorize/terrorise