[
US
/ˈtɛɹəˌfaɪd/
]
[ UK /tˈɛɹɪfˌaɪd/ ]
[ UK /tˈɛɹɪfˌaɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
became panicky as the snow deepened
felt panicked before each exam
trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd
the terrified horse bolted
How To Use terrified In A Sentence
- No matter how many police raids are conducted, if we cannot guarantee their protection young victims will remain too terrified to testify against their traffickers. Times, Sunday Times
- Terrified lest his secret be made public, and turn him into an object of scorn, he managed to sublimate these fears and transform them into the stuff of comedy.
- The fact that so many people were terrified of this activity must surely prove there was something wrong with it after all. Times, Sunday Times
- The prospect of marriage terrified Alice.
- The terrified family were handcuffed, had pillows pulled over their heads and were held at gunpoint overnight.
- She hurried home, terrified, and told her mother. Times, Sunday Times
- The people are feeling so terrified that they are moving into shells and developing a typical aversion towards any kind of agitational path or protest movements. Archive 2006-06-01
- I began to panic, terrified that the car would burst into flames and I wouldn't be able to escape.
- Terrified of secondary school, she left after one year and played truant for the following three. Times, Sunday Times
- But ghosts and things that go bump in the night leave them absolutely terrified. The Sun