terrify

«terrify» in Mova's school dictionary: to make them extremely frightened: "Thunder terrifies my… — 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

verb (terrify, terrifies, terrified, terrifying)

meaning for a pupil

1) To terrify someone means to make them extremely frightened: "Thunder terrifies my dog." tree →

2) "Terrified" (adjective) means very, very scared; "terrifying" means causing great fear. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories the word makes fear strong and dramatic; it is a powerful choice instead of "scare". In everyday talk, children say they are "terrified of spiders" or "terrified of heights". In PSHE, it links to fears, phobias and how to cope. Phrases: "terrified of", "terrified to", "scared the life out of" (informal close phrase).

examples

• Thunder terrifies our puppy. tree →
• I'm terrified of spiders. tree →
• The roller coaster was terrifying but fun. tree →
• The ghost story terrified my little brother. tree →
• She was terrified to speak in front of the whole school. tree →
• The loud bang terrified the horses. tree →
• Don't let the dark terrify you; it's the same room with the lights off. tree →
• The ogre thought to terrify his foe, but Watanabe never flinched. tree →

note

Spelling: y changes to i: terrifies, terrified; but keeps y in "terrifying". Order of strength: scared, frightened, terrified. "Terrific" looks similar but now means "great".

In the corpora

• Now the spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him.
• And Saul's servants said unto him: 'Behold now, an evil spirit from God terrifieth thee.
• Then Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;
• Shall not His majesty terrify you, and His dread fall upon you?

Trees and pragmatics

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