What is another word for terrifying?
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[ tˈɛɹɪfˌa͡ɪɪŋ], [ tˈɛɹɪfˌaɪɪŋ], [ t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_f_ˌaɪ_ɪ_ŋ]
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Similar words for terrifying:
- all (adjective)
- appalling (adjective)
- awesome (adjective)
- creepy (adjective)
- frightening (adjective)
- frightful/frightening (adjective)
- ghastly (adjective)
- ghoulish (adjective)
- grisly (adjective)
- gruesome (adjective)
- hair-raising (adjective)
- harrowing (adjective)
- hideous (adjective)
- horrible (adjective)
- horrible/horrendous/horrid (adjective)
- intimidating (adjective)
- lurid (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- truculent (adjective)
- alarming (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- frightening (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Terrifying:
adj.
• all (adjective) • appalling (adjective)- more scaring,
- most dismaying,
- more petrifying,
- dis-heartening,
- more disheartening,
- grodiest,
- most scaring,
- most disheartening,
- more dismaying,
- un-nerving,
- dis heartening,
- endest,
- more unnerving,
- dis maying,
- most unnerving,
- more daunting,
- un nerving,
- grodier,
- dis-maying,
- most daunting,
- most petrifying.
- mind blowing,
- over-whelming,
- mindblowing,
- more horrifying,
- most horrifying,
- more stupefying,
- aweinspiring,
- over whelming,
- most stupefying,
- more nervous,
- awe inspiring.
- dis gusting,
- more shuddersome,
- more itching,
- un-pleasant,
- dis-gusting,
- most itching,
- un pleasant,
- most shuddersome.
- grim,
- nightmarish,
- horrid,
- awful.
- in conceivable,
- dis-quieting,
- more grabber,
- in-conceivable,
- most grabber,
- more traumatic,
- dis quieting,
- most traumatic,
- un-speakable,
- un speakable.
- un earthlier,
- un-canniest,
- un canny,
- more wraithlike,
- un cannier,
- super natural,
- un-earthlier,
- un-cannier,
- un canniest,
- un-natural,
- more corpselike,
- most mortuary,
- un earthliest,
- more mortuary,
- un-earthliest,
- super-natural,
- un-earthly,
- most wraithlike,
- most corpselike,
- un earthly,
- un-canny.
- more spine chilling,
- de-monic,
- most spine chilling,
- more spinechilling,
- most spinechilling,
- most spine-chilling,
- de monic,
- spine chilling,
- more spine-chilling,
- spinechilling.
- more racking,
- most torturing,
- most racking,
- nerve racking,
- more heart rending,
- more tearing,
- more torturing,
- more heart-rending,
- most tearing,
- most heart-rending,
- nerveracking,
- heart rending,
- most heart rending.
- un-comely,
- de testable,
- more beast,
- un-sightlier,
- un sightliest,
- un sightly,
- de-testable,
- most beast,
- un-sightliest,
- un sightlier,
- un comely,
- un-sightly.
- un-godlier,
- un kind,
- beastliest,
- un godliest,
- un-godliest,
- un kinder,
- beastlier,
- un-holier,
- un-holiest,
- un holiest,
- un kindest,
- dis-agreeable,
- un-holy,
- un godly,
- un godlier,
- dis agreeable,
- un-kindest,
- un-godly,
- un-kind,
- un holier,
- un holy,
- un-kinder.
- most low down,
- most low-down,
- more lowdown,
- low down,
- offcolor,
- off color,
- more low down,
- most lowdown,
- more low-down.
- torturing,
- gruesome,
- scarier,
- hideous,
- ghastly,
- low-down,
- lowdown,
- horrible,
- inhumane,
- real gone,
- vituperous,
- striking,
- ghostly,
- hair-raising,
- zero cool,
- grabber,
- grandest,
- harrowing,
- something else,
- traumatic,
- portentous,
- ghoulish,
- unspeakable,
- the end,
- Ender,
- grody,
- bloodcurdling,
- impressive,
- wraithlike,
- shuddersome,
- horrendous,
- corpselike,
- creepy,
- scary,
- spine-chilling,
- sickie,
- unholy,
- lurid,
- appalling,
- heart-rending,
- truculent.
n.
• alarming (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• frightening (verb)Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- flagitious,
- terrorising,
- abhorrent,
- torturous,
- dreadful,
- sensitive,
- moving,
- gory,
- louring,
- vexing,
- terrify,
- stirring,
- startling,
- exasperating,
- touchy,
- Looming,
- forbidding,
- wondrous,
- evil,
- Fearing,
- critical,
- awe-inspiring,
- macabre,
- dread,
- gross,
- monstrous,
- nerve-racking,
- sickening,
- wonderful,
- loathsome,
- fantastic,
- kafkaesque,
- disconcerting,
- nasty,
- atrocious,
- chancy,
- terror,
- Crawly,
- direful,
- revolting,
- incredible,
- frustrating,
- ugly,
- horrific,
- redoubtable,
- precarious,
- deadly,
- disgusting,
- lowering,
- affecting,
- marvellous,
- minatory,
- repulsive,
- amazing,
- repellent,
- nauseating,
- dreaded,
- be afraid,
- frighten,
- dire,
- breathtaking,
- hazardous,
- nauseous,
- Affrighting,
- stunning,
- savage,
- worrisome,
- overwhelming,
- worrying,
- painful,
- sinister,
- touch-and-go,
- disquieting,
- abominable,
- stupefying,
- iniquitous,
- foul,
- dismaying,
- hairbreadth,
- agonizing,
- ominous,
- deathly,
- staggering,
- close,
- unsettling,
- terrible,
- shocking,
- morbid,
- marvelous,
- Paralyzing,
- daunting,
- wicked,
- nerve-wracking,
- impending,
- Feared,
- dangerous,
- imposing,
- perilous,
- brutal,
- minacious,
- jarring,
- astounding,
- heinous,
- Dreading,
- uncertain,
- unbelievable,
- astonishing,
- unsure,
- repugnant,
- blood-curdling,
- cadaverous,
- Fiendish,
- hairy,
- terrorizing,
- upsetting,
- formidable,
- paralysing,
- terroristic,
- distressing,
- grotesque,
- risky,
- ticklish,
- surprising,
- deathlike.
How to use "Terrifying" in context?
As we all know, one of the things that make the world a scary place is the random, unexplainable things that can happen. No matter what somebody's belief system may be, there is no denying that some things can genuinely scare us. While looking at some of the scariest things in the world can definitely entertain us, it's important to remember that there is a very real danger of becoming truly terrified by some of the things that we see. Here are six things that can truly terrify us:
No matter how old we get, some things remain terrifyingly new to us.
Paraphrases for Terrifying:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
frightening, horrifying.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
awesome, disastrous, formidable, spooky.
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Other Related
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Adjective
abhorrent, abominable, alarming, appalling, atrocious, awful, chilling, creepy, daunting, deadly, devastating, dire, distressing, disturbing, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, freaky, frightful, ghastly, grim, gruesome, harrowing, heinous, hideous, horrendous, horrible, horrific, intimidating, ominous, outrageous, scary, shocking, staggering, startling, terrible, terrific, terrorist, tragic, tremendous.
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