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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of terrify form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Extremely frightened.

   "Remi is terrified of spiders."

Adjective

1. 1
   thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

afraidafraidaghastanxiousappalledashen

Example

More examples

"Mummy, who's terrified of mice, had two fears to cope with."

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