[ verb ] fill with terror; frighten greatly <verb.emotion>terroriseterrorize
Terrify \Ter"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Terrified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Terrifying}.] [L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F. terrifier, L. terrificare. See {Terrific}, and {-fy}.] 1. To make terrible. [Obs.]
If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying sin, shall give out license, it foils itself. --Milton.
2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten.
When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified. --Luke xxi. 9.
Just the kind of union that would terrify a statist politician.
For a youthful generation seemingly inured to media violence, this arsenal has lost much of its power to awe or terrify.
They want to terrify the press and in particular El Espectador because it has always been a torchbearer in this war."
I felt that he knew he could frighten, terrify, use his rage like a tool - as effective as a knife. As I wilted under the barrage of verbal abuse I feared that he did not know how dangerous he could be.