The ghost story was terrifying.
Source: tatoeba (49028)
Terrifying
//ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋ//
Synonyms for "terrifying" (76 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (38)
Adjective(12 words)
horrifyingluridmacabremenacingparalyzingpetrifyingscaryshockingstartlingstunningstupefyingterribleterrorterror-bearingterror-breathingterror-breedingterror-bringingterror-fraughtterror-givingterror-inspiring
Show 5 more words
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Related terms
2 entriesderived
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 14 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φοβερός adj (frightening or intimidating)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- dəhşətli adj (frightening or intimidating)
- müdhiş adj (frightening or intimidating)
- qorxunc adj (frightening or intimidating)
- vahiməli adj (frightening or intimidating)
Faroese
3 entries- ræðandi adj (frightening or intimidating)
- øgiligur adj (frightening or intimidating)
- øtiligur adj (frightening or intimidating)
French
1 entries- terrifiant adj (frightening or intimidating)
Galician
2 entries- espantoso adj (frightening or intimidating)
- tremendo adj (frightening or intimidating)
German
2 entries- furchteinflößend adj (frightening or intimidating)
- schreckerregend adj (frightening or intimidating)
Greek
2 entries- τρομακτικός adj (frightening or intimidating)
- τρομαχτικός adj (frightening or intimidating)
Irish
1 entries- scéiniúil adj (frightening or intimidating)
Italian
3 entries- spaventoso adj (frightening or intimidating)
- terribile adj (frightening or intimidating)
- terrificante adj (frightening or intimidating)
Latin
1 entries- terrificus adj (frightening or intimidating)
Māori
2 entries- tarawewehi adj (frightening or intimidating)
- whakawehiwehi adj (frightening or intimidating)
Russian
1 entries- стра́шный adj (frightening or intimidating)
Sanskrit
2 entries- घोर adj (frightening or intimidating)
- भीषण adj (frightening or intimidating)
Spanish
4 entries- acojonante adj (frightening or intimidating)
- acojonante adj (of a formidable nature)
- aterrador adj (frightening or intimidating)
- aterrorizante adj (frightening or intimidating)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Never have I read so terrifying a novel as this.
Source: tatoeba (54625)
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
Source: tatoeba (628703)
Mixing with people at a party can be terrifying for shy people.
Source: tatoeba (950164)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.