terrify
verb (used with object)
to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
are terrifying
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present progressiveof terrify.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Spoken on a winter day in 1865, however, the words are terrifying to 10-year-old Liam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
And it’s not even those of us who work at the agency sending out all the emails that are terrifying everyone else.
From Slate ● Feb. 7, 2025
You are terrifying to me as a person.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
This time they are terrifying and bring the Federation to the precipice of war.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2023
The stories Madame Manec’s visitors bring into the kitchen are terrifying and difficult to believe.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
