terrifies

present tense third-person singular of terrify

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Recent Examples of terrifies Jesus may haunt Wendell, but Wendell terrifies Lee. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025 Even those who like parts of his agenda have been stumped about how to talk him out of the stuff that terrifies them — whiplash tariffs and a labor-depleting immigration crackdown. Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025 The first time terrifies every founder. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 The moped-like sound of the Shaheds whooshing above the rooftops still unsettles but no longer terrifies. IEEE Spectrum, 18 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for terrifies
Verb
  • Within my book, one of the things that frightens me most is the fact that with censorship, there’s often not a clear red line, right?
    Fiction Non Fiction October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • What specifically frightens you?
    Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nice to know there’s stuff that scares him.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
  • There’s something about kidnapping that scares the fear out of you, Goldberg-Polin says.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the dolphin gets closer to the glass, the Chihuahua lets out a bark that startles the dolphin, who then starts mimicking the dog's mouth movements in a sort of chasing game across species.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Terrifies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrifies. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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