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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ter-uh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛr əˌfaɪ |
Definition of terrify
Origin :- 1570s, from Latin terrificare "to frighten," from terrificus "causing terror" (see terrific). Related: Terrified; terrifying.
- verb scare
- He speaks very loud, as if willing to terrify all Israel with his voice.
- Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
- From time to time we will terrify these Germans with a little blast of wireless.
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- I did not mean to terrify you—but beware of what I told you.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete » by Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
- You did your very best to terrify her, but you never succeeded.
- Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
- Come, Mr. M'Kinlay, say this is only a threat; do confess it was only meant to terrify.
- Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever
- By this time, however, I had combated my own fears, and I was not going to permit his to terrify me.
- Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
- Come, come, I know you well, Doctor; you shall not terrify me.'
- Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever
- Say not a word of what has happened lest it should terrify the ladies!
- Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
- "Your bullying does not terrify me in the least, Jasper Wilde," she said, calmly.
- Extract from : « Jolly Sally Pendleton » by Laura Jean Libbey
- He did not punish capriciously, nor terrify them by anything worse than his strictness.
- Extract from : « The Crofton Boys » by Harriet Martineau
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