TERRIFIED

panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened

(adjective) 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”

TERRIFY

terrify, terrorize, terrorise

(verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

terrified (comparative more terrified, superlative most terrified)

Extremely frightened.

Verb

terrified

simple past tense and past participle of terrify

Source: Wiktionary


TERRIFY

Ter"ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Terrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Terrifying.] Etym: [L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F. terrifier, L. terrificare. See Terrific, and -fy.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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