Terrify Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ify

Terrify has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions

Verb

fill with terror; frighten greatly

terrify terrorize terrorise

To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.

See Also

terror put fear of god into terrorise terrifies terrifying terrific send shivers down someone's spine scare

Related Terms

terror put fear of god into terrorise terrifies terrifying terrific send shivers down someone's spine scare terrorize terrorist bogey affright scare bejeebers out of terrified nightmare menace boggard flay unterrifiable dare

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

frighten

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

panic

Rhyming Words

ify reify waify edify deify unify ignify nidify wikify verify ramify minify aerify ossify sanify finify munify ethify notify omnify

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