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TERRIFIED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
Example:
the terrified horse bolted
Synonyms:
frightened; panic-stricken; panic-struck; panicked; panicky; terrified
Classified under:
Similar:
afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb terrify
Context examples:
Slowly she advanced, her face pale and drawn with a frightful apprehension, her eyes fixed and staring, her terrified gaze riveted upon the dark figure on the floor.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Once more also we were able to communicate with Zambo, who had been terrified by the spectacle from afar of an avalanche of apes falling from the edge of the cliff.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The terrified general pronounced the name of Allen with an inquiring look; and here too Thorpe had learnt his error.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
She had suffered very much from cramp after dancing, and her first attempt to mount the bank brought on such a return of it as made her absolutely powerless—and in this state, and exceedingly terrified, she had been obliged to remain.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The father was terrified, and ran thither and scolded the boy.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
I was no sooner certain of this than I began to feel sick, faint, and terrified.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The poor dear was evidently terrified at something—very greatly terrified; I do believe that if he had not had me to lean on and to support him he would have sunk down.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
She uttered a terrified scream, and struggled with me with such strength that I doubt if I could have held her alone.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"Who or what speaks?" I asked, terrified at the unexpected sound, and incapable now of deriving from any occurrence a hope of aid.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Suddenly, amid all the hubbub of the gale, there burst forth the wild scream of a terrified woman.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
