'Terrified' definitions:
Definition of 'terrified'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic- stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted" [syn: panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened]
Definition of 'Terrified'
From: GCIDE
- Terrify \Ter"ri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Terrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Terrifying.] [L. terrere to frighten + -fy: cf. F. terrifier, L. terrificare. See Terrific, and -fy.]
- 1. To make terrible. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- If the law, instead of aggravating and terrifying sin, shall give out license, it foils itself. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To alarm or shock with fear; to frighten. [1913 Webster]
- When ye shall hear of wars . . . be not terrified. --Luke xxi. 9. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'terrified'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aghast,
- anxious,
- appalled,
- ashen,
- astounded,
- awed,
- awestricken,
- awestruck,
- blanched,
- cowed,
- deadly pale,
- fearful,
- frightened,
- frozen,
- gray with fear,
- horrified,
- horror-struck,
- intimidated,
- pale as death,
- pallid,
- paralyzed,
- petrified,
- scared,
- scared stiff,
- scared to death,
- scary,
- shocked,
- stunned,
- stupefied,
- terror-crazed,
- terror-haunted,
- terror-ridden,
- terror-riven,
- terror-shaken,
- terror-smitten,
- terror-struck,
- terror-troubled,
- undone,
- unmanned,
- unnerved,
- unstrung