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terrified

3 syllables
adjective
Quick answer

As an adjective, terrified means extremely frightened.

Meanings of terrified

2 meanings

adjective

  1. Extremely frightened.

  2. Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

    “became panicky as the snow deepened”

    “felt panicked before each exam”

    “trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd”

    Similar: panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, frightened

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of terrify

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
panickypanickedpanic-strickenpanic-struckfrightened

Words that rhyme with terrified

verifiedclarifiedrarefied

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