Terrify — Ter ri*fy, v. t. [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.] [1913 Webster] If the law, instead of aggravating… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
terrify — verb that crazy driver terrified us Syn: petrify, horrify, frighten, scare, scare stiff, scare/frighten to death, scare/frighten the living daylights out of, scare/frighten the life out of, scare/frighten someone out of their wits, scare witless … Thesaurus of popular words
terrify — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. terrorize, frighten, alarm; appall, dismay; cow, intimidate; panic, stampede. See fear. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shock, horrify, terrorize; see frighten 1 . See Synonym Study at frighten . III… … English dictionary for students
terrify — 01. My children were absolutely [terrified] of dogs when they were little. 02. The Martians were [terrified] when they discovered that the Gorilla Men of Venus were planning to attack their space station. 03. Janis took a sky diving class, but… … Grammatical examples in English
terrify — v terrorize, fill with terror, consternate, Chiefly Scot. fley, Archaic. affright; scare to death, Sl. scare stiff, Inf. scare or frighten out of one s wits or senses; stun, paralyze, petrify, freeze, strike dumb, put one s heart in one s mouth;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
frighten the life out of — terrify … Useful english dictionary
scare the daylights out of someone — If you scare the daylights out of someone, you terrify them. (This can be made even stronger by saying the living daylights .) … The small dictionary of idiomes
scare the bejeebers out of — verb To thoroughly terrify. Syn: scare out of ones wits, scare the pants off of … Wiktionary
scare the daylights out of someone — If you scare the daylights out of someone, you terrify them. (This can be made even stronger by saying the living daylights .) (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
scare the shit out of (someone) — Vrb phrs. To terrify (someone) … English slang and colloquialisms
scare the shit out of (someone) — Vrb phrs. To terrify (someone) … English slang and colloquialisms