TERRIFY

terrify, terrorize, terrorise

(verb) fill with terror; frighten greatly

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

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 frighten

Source: Wiktionary

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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