All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
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Terrify
//ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ//
Synonyms for "terrify" (40 found)
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34 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πτοέω verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Bulgarian
3 entries- заплашвам verb (to menace or intimidate)
- плаша verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
- ужасявам verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Catalan
2 entries- aterrir verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
- terroritzar verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Esperanto
1 entries- teruri verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Finnish
3 entries- kauhistuttaa verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
- pelottaa verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
- pelottaa verb (to menace or intimidate)
French
1 entries- terrifier verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Georgian
3 entries- დაზაფრვა verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
- დაშინება verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
- შეძრწუნება verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
German
1 entries- erschrecken verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Greek
3 entries- κατατρομάζω verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
- τρομάζω verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
- τρομοκρατώ verb (to menace or intimidate)
Italian
1 entries- terrorizzare verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Latin
1 entries- terreō verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Marathi
1 entries- घाबरवणे verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Māori
1 entries- whakaihi verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Portuguese
1 entries- aterrorizar verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Romanian
1 entries- înspăimânta verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Russian
4 entries- запу́гивать verb (to menace or intimidate)
- запуга́ть verb (to menace or intimidate)
- ужаса́ть verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
- ужасну́ть verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Slovene
1 entries- prestrašiti verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Spanish
1 entries- aterrar verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Tagalog
1 entries- sindakin verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
Turkish
3 entries- dehşete düşürmek verb (to frighten greatly; to fill with terror)
- gözünü korkutmak verb (to menace or intimidate)
- yıldırmak verb (to menace or intimidate)
Sample sentences
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All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
Source: tatoeba (1529838)
That was enough to terrify anyone.
Source: tatoeba (5725945)
Spiders terrify me.
Source: tatoeba (6532352)
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