"terrify" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-terrify.wav Forms: terrifies [present, singular, third-person], terrifying [participle, present], terrified [participle, past], terrified [past]
Etymology: From Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|terrifier}} Middle French terrifier, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-verb}} terrify (third-person singular simple present terrifies, present participle terrifying, simple past and past participle terrified)
  1. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror. Categories (topical): Fear Translations (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror): πτοέω (ptoéō) (Ancient Greek), плаша (plaša) (Bulgarian), ужасявам (užasjavam) (Bulgarian), aterrir (Catalan), terroritzar (Catalan), teruri (Esperanto), kauhistuttaa (Finnish), pelottaa (Finnish), terrifier (French), შეძრწუნება (šeʒrc̣uneba) (Georgian), დაშინება (dašineba) (Georgian), დაზაფრვა (dazaprva) (Georgian), erschrecken (German), τρομάζω (tromázo) (Greek), κατατρομάζω (katatromázo) (Greek), terrorizzare (Italian), terreō (Latin), whakaihi (Maori), aterrorizar (Portuguese), înspăimânta (Romanian), ужаса́ть (užasátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ужасну́ть (užasnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), prestrašiti (Slovene), aterrar (Spanish), sindakin (Tagalog), dehşete düşürmek (Turkish)
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  2. To menace or intimidate. Translations (to menace or intimidate): заплашвам (zaplašvam) (Bulgarian), pelottaa (Finnish), τρομοκρατώ (tromokrató) (Greek), запу́гивать (zapúgivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), запуга́ть (zapugátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), gözünü korkutmak (Turkish), yıldırmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-terrify-en-verb-66RVz4fc Disambiguation of 'to menace or intimidate': 2 98 0
  3. (obsolete) To make terrible. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-terrify-en-verb-8QrUipM6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: terrifie [obsolete] Related terms: terrible, terrific, terrifying, terror, terrorist, terrorize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "To frighten greatly; to fill with terror."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frighten",
          "frighten"
        ],
        [
          "terror",
          "terror"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:",
          "text": "Your men are valiant but their number few,\nAnd cannot terrifie his mightie hoſt, […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To menace or intimidate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "menace",
          "menace"
        ],
        [
          "intimidate",
          "intimidate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make terrible."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "terrible",
          "terrible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) To make terrible."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/"
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "terrifie"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "plaša",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "плаша"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "užasjavam",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "ужасявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "aterrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "terroritzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "teruri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "kauhistuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "pelottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "terrifier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šeʒrc̣uneba",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "შეძრწუნება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dašineba",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "დაშინება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dazaprva",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "დაზაფრვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "erschrecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tromázo",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "τρομάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katatromázo",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "κατατρομάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ptoéō",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "πτοέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "terrorizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "terreō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "whakaihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "aterrorizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "înspăimânta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "užasátʹ",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ужаса́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "užasnútʹ",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ужасну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "prestrašiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "aterrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "sindakin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to frighten greatly; to fill with terror",
      "word": "dehşete düşürmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaplašvam",
      "sense": "to menace or intimidate",
      "word": "заплашвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to menace or intimidate",
      "word": "pelottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tromokrató",
      "sense": "to menace or intimidate",
      "word": "τρομοκρατώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapúgivatʹ",
      "sense": "to menace or intimidate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запу́гивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapugátʹ",
      "sense": "to menace or intimidate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запуга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to menace or intimidate",
      "word": "gözünü korkutmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to menace or intimidate",
      "word": "yıldırmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "terrify"
}

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