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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Terrify \Ter"ri*fy\, verb (used with an object) [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.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
terrified
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" [syn: {panicky}, {panicked}, {panic-stricken}, {panic-struck}, {frightened}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
terrify
verb: 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
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