terrify

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• /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/
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From Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare.

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пла́ша (pláša) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Bulgarian: ужася́вам (užasjávam) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Bulgarian: ужася́ (užasjá) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Catalan: aterrir — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Catalan: terroritzar — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Esperanto: teruri — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Finnish: kauhistuttaa — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Finnish: pelottaa — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• French: terrifier — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Georgian: შეძრწუნება (šeʒrc̣uneba) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Georgian: დაშინება (dašineba) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Georgian: დაზაფრვა (dazaprva) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• German: erschrecken — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Greek: τρομάζω (tromázo) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Greek: κατατρομάζω (katatromázo) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Ancient Greek: πτοέω (ptoéō) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Italian: terrorizzare — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Latin: terreō — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Māori: whakaihi — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Marathi: घाबरवणे (ghābravṇe) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Portuguese: aterrorizar — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Romanian: înspăimânta — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Russian: ужаса́ть (užasátʹ) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Russian: ужасну́ть (užasnútʹ) — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Slovene: prestrašiti — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Spanish: aterrar — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Tagalog: sindakin — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Turkish: dehşete düşürmek — to frighten greatly; to fill with terror
• Bulgarian: запла́швам (zaplášvam) — to menace or intimidate
• Bulgarian: запла́ша (zapláša) — to menace or intimidate
• Bulgarian: спла́швам (splášvam) — to menace or intimidate
• Bulgarian: спла́ша (spláša) — to menace or intimidate
• Finnish: pelottaa — to menace or intimidate
• Greek: τρομοκρατώ (tromokrató) — to menace or intimidate
• Russian: запу́гивать (zapúgivatʹ) — to menace or intimidate
• Russian: запуга́ть (zapugátʹ) — to menace or intimidate
• Turkish: gözünü korkutmak — to menace or intimidate
• Turkish: yıldırmak — to menace or intimidate