terrifying
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terrifying
- /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/
adjective more terrifying · most terrifying
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Frightening or intimidating.
terrifying creature
Similar: affreux, alarming, spine-tingling, appalling, awful, eldritch, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, dismayful, dreadful, fearful
- Of a formidable nature; terrific. Penguin colonies that number in millions; nights that run into days, and days that run into nights; katabatic winds that scream down the ice sheets at a terrifying 180 miles per hour, and then remain equally terrifyingly still.
verb
- present participle and gerund of terrify
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: alarming, terrific, fearsome, frightening, scary, fearful, horrifying, frightful, dreaded, spooky, nightmarish, horrible, distressing, terrible, dreadful, horrific
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adj frightening or intimidating
| Español | terrorífico, aterrador, aterrorizante, terrífico, acojonante, truculento |
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| Français | terrifiant |
| Deutsch | furchteinflößend, schreckerregend |
| Italiano | terrificante, terribile, spaventoso |
| Ελληνικά | τρομακτικός tromaktikós, τρομαχτικός tromachtikós |
| Русский | стра́шный strášnyj |
adj of a formidable nature
| Español | acojonante |
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