terrify

Definition

  • verb: to cause (someone) to be extremely afraid
  • verb: to drive or impel by menacing
  • synonyms: frighten

Examples

  • She was 'terrified' that she was going to die alone. = She was 'terrified' of dying alone.

  • I was/felt 'terrified' and just wanted to go home.

  • The thought of losing his job has him 'terrified'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and a younger girl who's starting at Northwestern in January. Well, Max, here we are. Middle-aged man reaffirming his middle-aged manhood... and a terrified young woman with a father complex. What sort of script can we make out of this? Corridor gossip says that you're (..)
    1976 Network
  • (..) of democracy. But l think that was it, fellas. That sort of thing is not likely to happen again... because at the bottom of all our terrified souls... we know that democracy is a dying giant... a sick, sick, dying, decaying political concept... writhing in its final pain. (..)
    1976 Network
  • (..) Okay, all right, honey, you know what? There was something I was too scared to tell you yesterday, a-and now... I'm just balls-out terrified to tell you, but... the truth is it... wasn't Barbara Chen, it was me. I'm the reason everyone knows. Why did you do that? Well, it was an accident. Get out. (..)
    2016 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Military Miniaturization Season: 10 Episode 2