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terrifies

terrifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of terrify.

Meaning of terrify

Verb

terrify (third-person singular simple present terrifies, present participle terrifying, simple past and past participle terrified)

  1. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
  2. To menace or intimidate.
    • Your men are valiant but their number few,
      And cannot terrifie his mightie hoſt, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  3. (obsolete) To make terrible.

Questions about terrifies

What is terrifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Terrifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of terrify.

Words near terrifies in the dictionary

  1. terrified
  2. terrifiedly
  3. terrifiedness
  4. terrifier
  5. terrifiers
  6. terrifies
  7. terrify
  8. terrifying
  9. terrifyingly
  10. terrifyingness
  11. Terrigal

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