Definition: 1. Fill with terror; frighten greatly. 2. To make somebody feel extremely frightened.
Use 'terrify' in a sentence:
1. Their movements through the region were calculated to terrify landowners into abandoning their holdings.
2. That is enough to worry rather than terrify local shopkeepers.
3. If I can terrify a little child then I'm assuming I'm paid for something!
4. There is no reason that my terrors should terrify you.
5. Once it has assumed this monstrous guise, it will terrify its brothers and drive them away to Normandy.
6. What time really terrify people is its silent elapsing which forces you to face the problems.
7. The electric atmosphere both terrified and thrilled him.
8. I was terrified he would leave me, so I was clinging to him.
9. I'm terrified of flying.
10. Driving at high speeds in the median of a highway will terrify drivers in both lanes.
11. Whom would it profit to terrify or to kill James Sinclair?
12. Rabies has been described as one of the most terrifying diseases known to man.
13. Our lineup has changed many times, but never our aim, which is to astound and terrify you!
14. She was terrified they'd lose their home.
15. Low - flying aircraft terrify wild animals.
16. He was terrified he would fall.
17. Don't terrify the lmle boy with ghost stories.
18. The thought of dying slowly and painfully terrified me.
19. This is an enormously important development. And it should terrify us.
20. Wasserman's novel Girls on Fire will utterly terrify you - in the best way possible.
21. I'm terrified of losing you.
22. They fired shots into the air to terrify people and then used a wrench to break into glass showcases.
23. Even though they are in their 30s and 40s, these boys still terrify Londoners, and with very good reason.
24. However, monsters are more than just a way to terrify ourselves.
25. That first night I emceed I was absolutely terrified.
26. He always do that to terrify people.
27. I have always found the thought of eternity terrifying.
28. The lawyer tried to terrify us with all those legal terms, but didn't succeed.
29. Flying terrifies her.
30. She was possessed of a terrifying sensation that the life was being squeezed slowly out of her.
31. Ben sat up quickly, his face taut and terrified.
32. He had a terrify experience yesterday.
33. Don't let the title of Kelly's book terrify you.
34. They were terrified James would die — yet there were moments when they almost wished he would.
35. It would terrify me to think I knew nothing other than my major and my job.
36. I don't mind telling you I was absolutely terrified.
37. They could see that I was terrified, and hid me until the coast was clear.
38. Since the beginning, thrill rides were designed to both exhilarate and terrify.
39. She was terrified at the thought of being alone.
40. Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me.
41. This can terrify us if it means that what shows on the screen is something we don't want God to see.
42. He said: "Monsanto should not be able, just because they've got billions of dollars to spend on legal fees, to try to terrify farmers into obeying their agreements by massive force and threats."
43. But the goal to ask this question is not to terrify yourself, but to know yourself, right?
44. You can see he's terrified, as well he might be after what we've been through.
45. In the name of the Master, go forth and terrify.
46. Admit it! You were terrified!
47. She'd been so terrified that she had armed herself with a loaded rifle.
48. The new vaccine may rid the world of one of its most terrifying diseases.
49. Officers were terrified of his superhuman strength.
50. He backed against the wall, terrified.
51. When angry or excited, however, he could be wild, profane, and terrifying.
52. I still find it terrifying to find myself surrounded by large numbers of horses.
53. Last night he relived his terrifying ordeal.
54. Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate.
