Usually means: Evoking extreme fear or horror.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word Terrifying:

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  1. terrifying: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. terrifying: Merriam-Webster
  3. terrifying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. terrifying: Collins English Dictionary
  5. terrifying: Vocabulary.com
  6. Terrifying, terrifying: Wordnik
  7. terrifying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. terrifying: Wiktionary
  9. terrifying: Dictionary.com
  10. terrifying: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Terrifying (song), Terrifying: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Terrifying: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. terrifying: Rhymezone
  14. Terrifying: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. terrifying: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. terrifying: FreeDictionary.org
  17. terrifying: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. terrifying: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. terrifying: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. terrifying: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (terrifying)

▸ adjective:  Frightening or intimidating.
▸ adjective:  Of a formidable nature; terrific

Similar:
alarming, terrific, fearful, intimidating, hair-raising, intimidatory, frightful, fearsome, frightensome, hairy, more...

Opposite:
comforting, reassuring, soothing

Types:
horror, thriller, slasher, suspense, scary, scary movie, more...

Phrases:
terrifying monster, beautiful but terrifying, terrifying but beautiful, terrifying and magnificent, terrifying but attractive, more...

Colors:
    black,     blood red,     midnight blue,     deep purple,     dark green, more...



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Similar:
alarming, terrific, fearful, intimidating, hair-raising, intimidatory, frightful, fearsome, frightensome, hairy, more...

Opposite:
comforting, reassuring, soothing

Types:
horror, thriller, slasher, suspense, scary, scary movie, more...

Phrases:
terrifying monster, beautiful but terrifying, terrifying but beautiful, terrifying and magnificent, terrifying but attractive, terrifying army, terrifying people, terrifying painful, terrifying thing, more...

Colors:
    black,     blood red,     midnight blue,     deep purple,     dark green, more...



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