terrified

«terrified» in Mova's school dictionary: very, very frightened — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective; past form of verb «terrify» (terrify, terrifies, terrified, terrifying)

meaning for a pupil

1) Terrified means very, very frightened. tree →

2) (verb, past) Terrified is the past form of terrify: to make someone extremely scared. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows strong fear: «the terrified child hid under the bed». In everyday talk people say «I'm terrified of spiders». In safety lessons, being terrified can make people freeze, so we practise drills to stay calm. Phrases: «terrified of», «terrified to», «scared stiff».

examples

• I'm terrified of spiders. tree →
• The terrified kitten hid under the sofa. tree →
• The loud thunder terrified the dog. tree →
• She was terrified to jump off the high board. tree →
• He looked terrified when the lights went out. tree →
• The ghost story terrified the younger children. tree →
• Don't be terrified; the dog is friendly. tree →
• They were terrified and wanted to hide themselves. tree →

note

Stronger than «scared» or «frightened»: scared < frightened < terrified. «Terrified» = the person feeling fear; «terrifying» = the thing causing it («a terrifying storm»). Followed by «of» (a thing) or «to» (an action).

In the corpora

• The quarrelling Queens rush out, terrified.
• "The pilot terrified" hides the animal OTTER across "pilot" and "terrified".
• Ruby's friend in Glasgow had been hurting herself on purpose and begged, «Promise me, Rubes.» Ruby was terrified.
• Now the spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «terrified» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.