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View definitions for terrifying

terrifying

adjective as in frightening

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"There's nothing that we can do at the moment to stop the number of infections that have already happened over the past year, and that are happening now. That's what's really terrifying."

From BBC

Last year a senior police officer raised the alarm about influencers like Andrew Tate radicalising boys and young men into extreme misogyny in a way that is "quite terrifying".

From BBC

This is why the final scene of “Ignorance Is Chris” is both validating and terrifying to watch.

From Salon

It’s terrifying to love someone this much, to give them the full force of your devotion only to get locked outside.

Fellow actress Emily Blunt, speaking on a podcast with Variety, said the creation was terrifying.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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