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Adjective: terrified  'te-ru`fId
  1. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
    "the terrified horse bolted"
    - panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, frightened
Verb: terrify  'te-ru`fI
  1. Fill with terror; frighten greatly
    "The defendant was convicted of placing dynamite in a certain building with intent to Injure, Intimidate, and terrify human beings"
    - terrorize, terrorise [Brit]

See also: afraid, 'fraid [non-standard], terror

Type of: affright, fright, frighten, scare

Encyclopedia: Terrified

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