terrified
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
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If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying
sin, shall give out license, it foils itself.
--Milton.
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2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
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When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified.
--Luke xxi. 9.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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