Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to terrify
Participle: terrified
Gerund: terrifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | terrify |
| you | terrify |
| he;she;it | terrifies |
| we | terrify |
| you | terrify |
| they | terrify |
Perfect
| I | have terrified |
| you | have terrified |
| he;she;it | has terrified |
| we | have terrified |
| you | have terrified |
| they | have terrified |
Past
| I | terrified |
| you | terrified |
| he;she;it | terrified |
| we | terrified |
| you | terrified |
| they | terrified |
Pluperfect
| I | had terrified |
| you | had terrified |
| he;she;it | had terrified |
| we | had terrified |
| you | had terrified |
| they | had terrified |
Future
| I | will terrify |
| you | will terrify |
| he;she;it | will terrify |
| we | will terrify |
| you | will terrify |
| they | will terrify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have terrified |
| you | will have terrified |
| he;she;it | will have terrified |
| we | will have terrified |
| you | will have terrified |
| they | will have terrified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | terrify |
| you | terrify |
| he;she;it | terrify |
| we | terrify |
| you | terrify |
| they | terrify |
Perfect
| I | have terrified |
| you | have terrified |
| he;she;it | have terrified |
| we | have terrified |
| you | have terrified |
| they | have terrified |
Imperfect
| I | terrified |
| you | terrified |
| he;she;it | terrified |
| we | terrified |
| you | terrified |
| they | terrified |
Pluperfect
| I | had terrified |
| you | had terrified |
| he;she;it | had terrified |
| we | had terrified |
| you | had terrified |
| they | had terrified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would terrify |
| you | would terrify |
| he;she;it | would terrify |
| we | would terrify |
| you | would terrify |
| they | would terrify |
Perfect
| I | would have terrified |
| you | would have terrified |
| he;she;it | would have terrified |
| we | would have terrified |
| you | would have terrified |
| they | would have terrified |
Imperative
| you | terrify |
| we | Let's terrify |
| you | terrify |
Verbs conjugated like 'terrify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'terrify'
torrify,
aerify,
certify,
dereify,
eternify,
heroify,
horrify,
mercify,
metrify,
negrify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to fill with fear
- affright, alarm, fray, harrow, horrify, make someone's blood run cold, scare, scare straight, scare the bejeebers out of, scare the pants off of, terrorize, frighten
- terrorize
- stun, appall, freeze, paralyze, horrify, frighten
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1575, from L. terrificare "to frighten," from terrificus "causing terror" (see terrific).
2. From Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare.
Sample Sentences
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[...] I know not what to liken it to. It had something of that strained attention which we see upon the faces of the blind and deaf, mingled with a kind of horror, as though they had all been secretly terrified. In every little chamber that I entered, and at every grate through which I looked, I seemed to see the same appalling countenance. It lives in my memory, with the fascination of a remarkable [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] into a valley full of light and softness; catching glimpses, through the tree-tops, of scattered cabins; children running to the doors; dogs bursting out to bark, whom we could see without hearing: terrified pigs scampering homewards; families sitting out in their rude gardens; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference; men in their shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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When Legree scolded and stormed, Emmeline was terrified; but when he laid his hand on her, and spoke as he now did, she felt as if she had rather he would strike her. The expression of his eyes made her soul sick, and her flesh creep. Involuntarily she [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)