terrify

tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See synonyms at frighten.
2. To menace or threaten; intimidate.

[Latin terrificāre, from terrificus, terrific. See terrific.]

verb

To fill with fear: affright, alarm, frighten, panic, scare, scarify², startle, terrorize. Archaic fright. Idioms: make one's blood run cold, make one's hair stand on end, scaresillystiff, scare the daylights out of. See fear/courage.

v

Definition: scare
Antonyms: calm, delight, please

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: fill with terror; frighten greatly
  Synonyms: terrorize, terrorise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forfærde

Nederlands (Dutch)
schrik aanjagen

Français (French)
v. tr. - terrifier

Deutsch (German)
v. - Angst einjagen, erschrecken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - τρομάζω, κατατρομοκρατώ

Italiano (Italian)
terrorizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - aterrorizar

Русский (Russian)
ужасать, вселять ужас, запугивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - aterrar, aterrorizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förskräcka, förfära, skrämma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使恐怖, 恐吓

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使恐怖, 恐嚇

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 무섭게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 恐れさせる, 怖がらせる, おびやかす, 驚かす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يرهب او يروع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הפחיד, החריד, מילא אימה‬

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