terrifying
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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causing extreme terror
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a terrifying wail
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