What is another word for terrify?
781 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɛɹɪfˌa͡ɪ], [ tˈɛɹɪfˌaɪ], [ t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ]
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Similar words for terrify:
- shock (noun)
- alarm (verb)
- appall/appal (verb)
- awe (verb)
- daunt (verb)
- dismay (verb)
- emotion (verb)
- frighten (verb)
- haunt (verb)
- horrify (verb)
- intimidate (verb)
- molest (verb)
- panic (verb)
- petrify (verb)
- scarify (verb)
- spook (verb)
- startle (verb)
- other synonyms
- alarm
- amaze
- dismay
- frighten
- haunt
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Terrify:
n.
• shock (noun)v.
• alarm (verb)- scare death,
- un-nerving,
- dis-tressed,
- dis tress,
- un-nerves,
- scares silly,
- scared death,
- gives a turn,
- scares death,
- sur prises,
- made jump,
- un-nerve,
- sur-prising,
- dis tresses,
- un nerves,
- giving turn,
- scaring stiff,
- sur-prise,
- un nerving,
- scaring silly,
- gave turn,
- give turn,
- giving a turn,
- sur-prises,
- makes jump,
- un nerve,
- dis tressed,
- scares to death,
- sur prise,
- gives turn,
- sur prising,
- gave a turn,
- scaring to death,
- un nerved,
- making jump,
- sur-prised,
- scaring death,
- dis-tresses,
- dis-tress.
- dis-hearten,
- dis-concert,
- dis-heartening,
- dis-concerted,
- out raging,
- gat to,
- dis-concerts,
- gotten to,
- out-raged,
- grossing out,
- out rages,
- dis heartens,
- dis-heartens,
- dis-concerting,
- dis-heartened,
- out-raging,
- out-rages,
- out raged,
- dis heartening,
- dis concerts,
- dis heartened,
- out rage,
- grosses out,
- dis hearten,
- dis concert,
- out-rage,
- dis concerted,
- dis concerting.
- grand-stands,
- grand standing,
- co wing,
- blowing away,
- over-awes,
- knocks socks off,
- over awe,
- co wed,
- over-awed,
- grand-standing,
- co-wing,
- knocked socks off,
- over awing,
- grand stand,
- hotdogged,
- over-awe,
- blows away,
- showboated,
- over awes,
- knocking socks off,
- over-awing,
- grand stands,
- over awed,
- co-wed.
- dis-composing,
- dis composing,
- throwing into a tizzy,
- dis-maying,
- dis-illusion,
- up-set,
- up-sets,
- throws in to a tizzy,
- throwing in to tizzy,
- be wildered,
- dis composes,
- dis-may,
- dis may,
- dis illusion,
- be-wilders,
- be-wilder,
- dis composed,
- mucks up,
- dis quieting,
- un-hinging,
- dis-illusioned,
- un-hinge,
- dis mays,
- dis-quieting,
- un hinging,
- throwing into tizzy,
- up-setting,
- dis-quieted,
- dis-comfit,
- dis-quiet,
- threw in to a tizzy,
- throwing in to a tizzy,
- dis illusioned,
- un hinges,
- throw in to a tizzy,
- dis compose,
- be-wildered,
- dis-quiets,
- throw in to tizzy,
- threw into tizzy,
- up sets,
- dis comfit,
- dis-composes,
- dis quiet,
- un hinged,
- mucking up,
- throws into tizzy,
- dis-illusions,
- dis quieted,
- be wildering,
- snafuing,
- dis-mays,
- throws into a tizzy,
- threw in to tizzy,
- dis illusions,
- dis quiets,
- un-hinges,
- be-wildering,
- un-hinged,
- up setting,
- be wilder,
- dis-composed,
- dis maying,
- dis mayed,
- be wilders,
- dis-comfits,
- throws in to tizzy,
- un hinge,
- threw into a tizzy,
- dis-mayed,
- dis-compose,
- dis comfits.
- in habit,
- be sieging,
- re-turned,
- be sets,
- over running,
- weighed on,
- weighs on,
- in-habits,
- be-sieges,
- wast ever present,
- re-appeared,
- in-habit,
- be-sieging,
- be-sets,
- re-curred,
- re appearing,
- re curred,
- be devil,
- am ever present,
- in habited,
- re turn,
- re appear,
- being ever present,
- re appeared,
- weighing on,
- be-set,
- stays with,
- Re-turn,
- in habits,
- re-appears,
- be siege,
- be sieged,
- be deviling,
- in habiting,
- are ever present,
- be deviled,
- be-siege,
- wert ever present,
- be-sieged,
- be-deviled,
- be devilled,
- be-devilling,
- be devils,
- stayed with,
- in-habited,
- in-habiting,
- be-devils,
- be-devilled,
- re-appearing,
- be-devil,
- re-turns,
- re appears,
- re turning,
- over runs,
- be-setting,
- be setting,
- be-deviling,
- staid with,
- were ever present,
- re curring,
- be devilling,
- be sieges,
- was ever present,
- re-appear,
- is ever present,
- re-turning,
- re-curring,
- re turns.
- dis gusted,
- dis gusts,
- dis-gusts,
- dis gust,
- dis-gust,
- chills off,
- chilling off,
- dis-gusting,
- dis-gusted,
- chilled off,
- dis gusting.
- twist someones arm,
- twisting someone's arm,
- leans on,
- leaned on,
- twisting someone arm,
- strongarm,
- twisted someone's arm,
- pushed around,
- leant on,
- twisted someone arm,
- twist someone arm,
- twists someones arm,
- twists someone arm,
- twisted someones arm,
- twists someone's arm,
- pushes around,
- twisting someones arm,
- buffaloing.
- hadst a fit,
- art terror-stricken,
- became hysterical,
- haddest a fit,
- over reacted,
- be terrorstricken,
- hast a fit,
- pushes panic button,
- shaking boots,
- am terror stricken,
- has fit,
- loses nerve,
- ran scared,
- shake boots,
- becoming hysterical,
- has a fit,
- having a fit,
- wert terrorstricken,
- lost nerve,
- is terror stricken,
- pushing panic button,
- over reacting,
- hadst fit,
- wast terror-stricken,
- having fit,
- over-react,
- comes apart,
- hath a fit,
- be terror stricken,
- over-reacts,
- being terrorstricken,
- were terror stricken,
- were terrorstricken,
- pushed panic button,
- runs scared,
- being terror-stricken,
- hast fit,
- losing nerve,
- wast terrorstricken,
- were terror-stricken,
- shook boots,
- am terror-stricken,
- being terror stricken,
- was terror stricken,
- is terror-stricken,
- freezing up,
- losing it,
- froze up,
- shakes in boots,
- over reacts,
- art terror stricken,
- are terror-stricken,
- wert terror-stricken,
- shaking in boots,
- have fit,
- loses it,
- had fit,
- was terror-stricken,
- over react,
- is terrorstricken,
- hath fit,
- wast terror stricken,
- are terrorstricken,
- go pieces,
- shook in boots,
- art terrorstricken,
- over-reacted,
- shakes boots,
- am terrorstricken,
- wert terror stricken,
- haddest fit,
- came apart,
- are terror stricken,
- had a fit,
- freezes up,
- becomes hysterical,
- was terrorstricken,
- over-reacting.
- be numbing,
- trans fixt,
- be-numbed,
- be-numbs,
- trans-fixt,
- be-numbing,
- trans-fixing,
- be-numb,
- trans-fixed,
- trans fixed,
- be numb,
- trans fixing,
- be numbs,
- trans fix,
- be numbed,
- trans-fixes,
- putting chill on,
- trans-fix,
- puts chill on,
- trans fixes.
- makes one's hair stand on end,
- scared daylights out of,
- made hair stand end,
- makes one hair stand end,
- make ones hair stand end,
- makes hair stand on end,
- making one's hair stand on end,
- make ones hair stand on end,
- scaring the daylights out of,
- make hair stand on end,
- made ones hair stand end,
- make one's hair stand end,
- made one hair stand on end,
- making hair stand on end,
- scare daylights out of,
- making one hair stand on end,
- making ones hair stand on end,
- sillied,
- made hair stand on end,
- scaring daylights out of,
- makes ones hair stand end,
- making one's hair stand end,
- scared the daylights out of,
- making ones hair stand end,
- made one hair stand end,
- making one hair stand end,
- makes one's hair stand end,
- make one hair stand end,
- scares daylights out of,
- made ones hair stand on end,
- make one hair stand on end,
- makes one hair stand on end,
- makes ones hair stand on end,
- made one's hair stand on end,
- made one's hair stand end,
- making hair stand end,
- makes hair stand end,
- sillying,
- make hair stand end,
- scares the daylights out of.
- made one blood run cold,
- scaring pants of,
- made one's teeth chatter,
- making one blood run cold,
- makes ones teeth chatter,
- made ones teeth chatter,
- making ones teeth chatter,
- making ones blood run cold,
- scares the pants of,
- scared the pants of,
- making one teeth chatter,
- made ones blood run cold,
- scares the pants off of,
- scared pants off of,
- make one teeth chatter,
- makes one's blood run cold,
- scare pants off of,
- scared the pants off of,
- make ones blood run cold,
- scares pants off of,
- making one's blood run cold,
- scare pants of,
- makes ones blood run cold,
- made one teeth chatter,
- makes one teeth chatter,
- making one's teeth chatter,
- makes one blood run cold,
- scaring the pants of,
- makes one's teeth chatter,
- make one blood run cold,
- scare the pants of,
- scaring the pants off of,
- made one's blood run cold,
- make ones teeth chatter,
- scaring pants off of,
- scared pants of,
- scares pants of.
Other synonyms:
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- affright,
- traumatize,
- scare away,
- bully,
- scare into,
- cow.
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- paralyze.
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- stab.
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- bother.
- make jump,
- scared to death,
- scared stiff,
- scare stiff,
- scare silly,
- scare to death,
- scared silly,
- scares stiff,
- give a turn.
- awe.
- takes aback,
- take aback,
- up set,
- consternate,
- muck up,
- mystify,
- snafued,
- taking aback,
- took aback,
- mucked up,
- throw into tizzy,
- mystified,
- throw into a tizzy.
- chilled to the bone,
- chill to the bone,
- make blood run cold,
- scare off,
- disburb,
- strike terror into,
- stiffs,
- curdle the blood,
- make teeth chatter,
- stiffed.
- obsessing,
- voodooing,
- staying with,
- weigh on,
- Infesting,
- voodooed,
- be ever present,
- stay with,
- infests,
- over-run,
- over-runs,
- pervades,
- be set.
- Pothered,
- buffalo,
- haunt,
- spring something on,
- twist someone's arm,
- overawe,
- molest,
- come apart,
- Buffaloes,
- getting to,
- get to,
- strike terror in,
- alarm,
- lean on,
- got to,
- put off,
- Dragooned,
- bludgeoned,
- gets to,
- showboats,
- frighten,
- hotdog,
- scare the pants off,
- overreacts,
- Frighting,
- shake in boots,
- have a fit,
- heckling,
- stampeded,
- hotdogs,
- pother,
- chill off,
- bludgeoning,
- grossed out,
- horrify,
- make one's hair stand on end,
- stampeding,
- Dragooning,
- terrorize,
- running scared,
- sillies,
- panic,
- overreacted,
- Pothering,
- overawed,
- scare the pants off of,
- lose nerve,
- spook,
- knock socks off,
- Imprest,
- coming apart,
- run scared,
- push around,
- leaning on,
- scare,
- daunt,
- dragoons,
- push panic button,
- Grand-stand,
- startle,
- pushing around,
- lose it,
- scare the daylights out of,
- spring on,
- appall,
- showboating,
- overawes,
- intimidate,
- strong arm,
- become hysterical,
- make one's teeth chatter,
- overreacting,
- hotdogging,
- lost it,
- heckle,
- Frighted,
- dismay,
- appal,
- blew away,
- buffaloed,
- give a fright,
- overreact,
- showboat,
- make one's blood run cold,
- freeze up,
- gross out,
- put chill on,
- blow away,
- Overawing,
- be terror-stricken,
- dragoon.
- disquietude,
- shock,
- browbeat,
- fretful,
- endanger,
- vilely,
- bulldoze,
- face down,
- apprehension,
- fearsomely,
- Direly,
- Feeze,
- uneasy,
- appal orappall,
- bad,
- suspicious,
- suspect,
- overwhelm,
- sheepish,
- worried,
- pressure,
- speedily,
- horrendously,
- stupefy,
- defy,
- anxiety,
- scary,
- be afraid,
- menace,
- promptly,
- confuse,
- hesitant,
- fleetly,
- outrageously,
- worry,
- dishearten,
- frightfully,
- domineer,
- distrust,
- ghastly,
- query,
- cowardly,
- excitement,
- afraid,
- insecure,
- distressing,
- terror,
- disquiet,
- solicitous,
- depress,
- consternation,
- dispirit,
- frightful,
- awfully,
- dreadfulness,
- expeditiously,
- aghast,
- strike dumb,
- warn,
- troubled,
- diffident,
- disturbed,
- disturbingly,
- appallingly,
- frighteningly,
- hector,
- horridly,
- agitation,
- timorous,
- abhorrence,
- frightened,
- deter,
- horror,
- dreadful,
- nervous,
- tremor,
- imperil,
- curl hair,
- scar,
- pressurize,
- concern,
- fearful,
- uneasiness,
- dominate,
- astonish,
- majestically,
- discourage,
- rapidly,
- misgiving,
- faze,
- numb,
- risk,
- lean,
- horribly,
- astound,
- scared,
- timidly,
- turbulence,
- terrifying,
- timorously,
- alarum,
- concerned,
- stun,
- terrifyingly,
- disturbance,
- scare shitless,
- distressed,
- fearfully,
- amaze,
- spooked,
- jumpy,
- terrified,
- abash,
- disconcert,
- apprehensive,
- startlingly,
- benumb,
- swiftly,
- despondency,
- disgust,
- anxious,
- freeze,
- distress,
- atrociously,
- upset,
- horrifically,
- discomfit,
- strike fear into,
- care,
- unman,
- awesomely,
- tumult,
- hideously,
- depression,
- paralyse,
- trepidation,
- horrifyingly,
- horrified,
- perturbed,
- doubt,
- ominously,
- solicitude,
- intimidation,
- alarming,
- tyrannize,
- eerie,
- unrest,
- alarmingly,
- terrifies,
- meanly,
- dreadfully,
- danger,
- comprehension,
- bashful,
- frighten away,
- nastily,
- defray,
- terrifically,
- shockingly,
- abomination.
How to use "Terrify" in context?
When one hears the word "terrify", images of dark, spooky forests may come to mind. For children, the word can conjure up images of monsters under the bed. For adults, the word may evoke an intense feeling of fear or dread. To some people, the word simply conjures up emotions of fear or anticipation. rooted in the primitive response to danger, the word "terrify" has been used to describe a wide range of experiences, from the excitements of a thriller to the fears of a panic attack.
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