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terrify
verb as in scare
Example Sentences
"I was incredibly excited but incredibly terrified," he says.
Lea Komba, a 20-year-old political science student, says the fuel protests were "terrifying but somewhat expected" given the country's current reality.
He said they tried to explain who they were, but they were terrified: "There were helicopters and drones, armoured vehicles… people with guns."
But the fear cast by the specters of taxation and modernization that continually threaten Downton, including in “The Grand Finale,” are just as terrifying to its residents as any ax-wielding ghost.
President Ronald Reagan famously articulated this vision: “I think you all know that I’ve always felt the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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