terrify | | |
v. (emotion) | 1. terrify, terrorise, terrorize | fill with terror; frighten greatly. |
| ~ affright, fright, frighten, scare | cause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" |
| ~ panic | cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic.; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners" |
frightful | | |
adj. | 1. atrocious, frightful, horrible, horrifying, ugly | provoking horror.; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"; "an ugly wound" |
| ~ alarming | frightening because of an awareness of danger. |
adj. | 2. awful, frightful, terrible, tremendous | extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact.; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ extraordinary | beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable.; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature" |
adj. | 3. fearful, frightful | extremely distressing.; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake" |
| ~ bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
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