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English
Pronunciation
Adjective
terrifying (comparative more terrifying, superlative most terrifying)
- Frightening or intimidating.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frightening
- Of a formidable nature; terrific
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Translations
frightening or intimidating
- Azerbaijani: dəhşətli (az), qorxunc (az), vahiməli, müdhiş (az)
- Faroese: ræðandi, øgiligur, øtiligur
- Galician: tremendo, espantoso
- German: furchteinflößend (de), schreckerregend
- Greek: τρομακτικός (el) m (tromaktikós), τρομαχτικός (el) m (tromachtikós)
- Ancient: φοβερός m (phoberós)
- Irish: scéiniúil
- Italian: terrificante (it), terribile (it), spaventoso (it)
- Latin: terrificus
- Maori: tarawewehi, whakawehiwehi
- Russian: стра́шный (ru) m (strášnyj)
- Sanskrit: घोर (sa) (ghora), भीषण (sa) (bhīṣaṇa)
- Spanish: terrorífico (es), aterrador (es), aterrorizante
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Verb
terrifying
- present participle and gerund of terrify