terrifying

Thân thiện

A child hides under the covers after a terrifying nightmare.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Causing extreme fear or terror: Describes something that inspires intense dread, horror, or fright.

Usage

• The word terrifying is used to describe situations, experiences, sounds, sights, or ideas that are overwhelmingly frightening. It is a strong adjective indicating a high degree of fear.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The sudden, terrifying roar of the lion froze everyone in place.
  • She had a terrifying nightmare about being chased.
  • The thought of giving a speech to a large audience is terrifying for some people.

Advanced Usage

• "to find something terrifying": To experience something as causing extreme fear.
  • Many people find skydiving terrifying at first.
• Used in formal and literary contexts to describe profoundly frightening scenarios.
  • The documentary presented a terrifying vision of a future affected by climate change.

Variants and Related Words

• Terrify (verb): To fill with terror.
  • The loud explosion terrified the animals.
• Terrified (adjective): Feeling extreme fear.
  • The terrified child hid under the bed.
• Terror (noun): Extreme fear.
  • The attack spread terror throughout the village.

Synonyms

• Frightening: Causing fear or alarm.
• Horrifying: Causing horror; shockingly dreadful.
• Alarming: Worrying or disturbing.
• Petrifying: So frightening as to cause one to be unable to move or think.

Antonyms

• Comforting: Serving to alleviate worry or fear.
• Reassuring: Restoring confidence and reducing anxiety.
• Soothing: Having a calming or relieving effect.

Related Phrases

• Terrifyingly (adverb): In a manner that causes extreme terror.
  • The drop was terrifyingly steep.
• Terrifying experience: A common collocation describing a frightening event.
  • Surviving the earthquake was a terrifying experience.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. causing extreme terror
   • a terrifying wail

Từ đồng nghĩa

• terrific