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Meaning of terrifying in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    terrifying

    Definitions

    1. causing extreme terror

    Examples

    • « a terrifying wail »

    Synonyms

    • alarming

Famous quotes

  • « There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever. »
    Thomas A. Edison
  • « Marriage is actually really terrifying. It doesn't work for many people. »
    Katherine Heigl
  • « We're in an emergency situation. The United States has become an absolutely terrifying country, and I would hope that I could participate in some way in stopping the horror and the brutality. »
    Wallace Shawn
  • « All of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didn't see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying. »
    Kate Moss
  • « I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring. »
    Mark McGrath

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