terrified

[US]/'terɪfaɪd/
[UK]/'tɛrɪfaɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. extremely afraid, filled with terror, frightened to the core

Example Sentences

he's terrified of heights.

he is terrified of spiders.

The terrified children ran home.

He was terrified into compliance.

The matron bore down upon the terrified nurses.

The animals were terrified by the storm.

We heard an ear-splitting scream from the terrified girl.

I was so terrified that my legs began to quake.

she looked down, terrified that he would read fear on her face.

The factory manager was a nasty piece of work.We were all terrified of him.

He looked so terrified that I thought he'd seen a ghost.

She has complaining in restaurants down to a fine art! Head waiters are terrified of her.

In the waning days of the Republic, the Bando Gora cult terrified many through horrific acts of violence.

It is terrified, like Delphos at the fulgurating realities of the vision;it makes tables turn as Dodona did tripods.It places the grisette on the throne, as Rome placed the courtesan there;

But a person bivouac in street, who feels unwanted by people,unloved by people,terrified, the person who throw over by society——such poverty make people so heartache and so intolerability.

Real-world Examples

And it is hard not to be terrified when you encounter it.

Source: Little Jiung Tonight Show last week

He meets a single mother Kitty, herself terrified of poverty and a relationships develops.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation June 2016

You shouldn't, sir. You should be terrified.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

What's happened here has terrified and mystified this community.

Source: CNN Listening Collection April 2013

And you did it. Were you scared? Terrified. It was terrified.

Source: The Ellen Show

I used to be terrified of the dark.

Source: The secret to keeping conversations from falling flat.

Kevin, seriously, you were terrified by that movie.

Source: Our Day This Season 1

I was terrified out of my wits.

Source: IELTS vocabulary example sentences

There was no doubt they must have been terrified.

Source: "BBC Documentary Versailles Palace" detailed explanation

And I'm still terrified today, sort of subconsciously.

Source: New types of questions for the CET-4 (College English Test Band 4).

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