Terrified

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Terrify \Ter"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terrified}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Terrifying}.] [L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F.
     terrifier, L. terrificare. See {Terrific}, and {-fy}.]
     1. To make terrible. [Obs.]
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              If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying
              sin, shall give out license, it foils itself.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
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              When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified.
                                                    --Luke xxi. 9.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  terrified
       adj : thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became
             panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before
             each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic-stricken
             crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted" [syn: {panicky}, {panicked},
              {panic-stricken}, {panic-struck}, {frightened}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  terrify
       v : fill with terror; frighten greatly [syn: {terrorize}, {terrorise}]
       [also: {terrified}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  terrified
       See {terrify}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "terrified":
     aghast, anxious, appalled, ashen, astounded, awed, awestricken,
     awestruck, blanched, cowed, deadly pale, fearful, frightened,
     frozen, gray with fear, horrified, horror-struck, intimidated,
     pale as death, pallid, paralyzed, petrified, scared, scared stiff,
     scared to death, scary, shocked, stunned, stupefied, terror-crazed,
     terror-haunted, terror-ridden, terror-riven, terror-shaken,
     terror-smitten, terror-struck, terror-troubled, undone, unmanned,
     unnerved, unstrung