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US
/ˈtɛɹəˌfaɪɪŋ/
]
[ UK /tˈɛɹɪfˌaɪɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /tˈɛɹɪfˌaɪɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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causing extreme terror
a terrifying wail
How To Use terrifying In A Sentence
- A senior detective who led the hunt for two armed robbers behind a series of terrifying raids across Bradford today told of the desperate race against time to catch them before someone was shot.
- We've discovered that another hive is afflicted with a parasitic mite with the terrifying name Varroa destructor Next week we plan to treat them with formic acid, an organic chemical control. Dave Snyder: Farm Report: Starting The Year From Seed
- It's not related to the band because it isn't music in any shape or form, just anguished, terrifying pure sound.
- They were the most terrifying months our family could live with, but the doctors pulled off a miracle. Times, Sunday Times
- Teri Hatcher has reportedly been caught up in a terrifying elephant stampede.
- He is a man of enormous size and terrifying aspect.
- The fifth series of this thriller is more terrifying and heartbreaking than ever. The Sun
- Instead he plays Arthur as a terrifying yet avuncular figure, apt to switch from jovial bonhomie to murderous rage with lightning speed.
- If you're looking for a really gory, terrifying movie, then neither film will work for your needs.
- Inst it terrifying how easy it was to fill a blog with the prepackaged rhetoric that is being handfed to us 24-7. Think Progress » ALLEN: “A Likely Scenario For What Happened Today Is Patrick Fitzgerald Got Some Indictmentsâ€