TERRIFYING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for TERRIFYING?

Need another word that means the same as “terrifying”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “terrifying” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Terrifying” are: terrific

Terrifying as an Adjective

Definitions of "Terrifying" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “terrifying” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Causing extreme fear.
• Causing extreme terror.

Synonyms of "Terrifying" as an adjective (1 Word)

terrific

Causing extreme terror. There was a terrific bang.

Usage Examples of "Terrifying" as an adjective

• A terrifying wail.
• The terrifying events of the past few weeks.

Associations of "Terrifying" (30 Words)

afraid	Feeling fear or anxiety; frightened. I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict.
alarming	Frightening because of an awareness of danger. Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
appall	Strike with disgust or revulsion.
chilling	Provoking fear terror. A chilling account of the prisoners fate.
claustrophobia	Extreme or irrational fear of confined places. The small stuffy room had begun to give him claustrophobia.
dread	Causing fear or dread or terror. The band appeals to dreads and baldheads alike.
dreadful	Exceptionally bad or displeasing. There s been a dreadful accident.
fear	Be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement. I fear she might get aggressive.
fearful	Causing or likely to cause people to be afraid; horrifying. Fearful slum conditions.
fearfulness	The trait of being afraid.
fearsome	Causing fear or dread or terror. The cat mewed displaying a fearsome set of teeth.
formidable	Extremely impressive in strength or excellence. The formidable prospect of major surgery.
fright	Frighten. Ghosts could never affright her.
frighten	Drive out by frightening. At his age I guess he doesn t frighten any more.
frightening	The act of inspiring with fear. A frightening experience.
frightful	Provoking horror- Winston Churchill. A frightful mistake.
hideous	Extremely ugly. The whole hideous story.
horrific	Causing fear or dread or terror. Horrific injuries.
horror	Something that inspires horror something horrible. Many have a horror of consulting a dictionary.
macabre	Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror. A macabre series of murders.
panic	Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic. The crowd panicked and stampeded for the exit.
petrify	Change into stone. Slogans petrify our thinking.
scare	Become scared. Recent food scares have made the public rightly sensitive to new apparently untested technologies.
scared	Fearful; frightened. I was scared that people were going to take pictures of me.
scary	Uncannily striking or surprising. A scary movie.
spooky	Sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease. Some horses are more spooky by nature than others.
terrible	Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable. The weather was terrible.
terrify	Cause to feel extreme fear. She was terrified he would drop her.
terror	Terrorism. Weapons of terror.
worry	Be concerned with. I began to worry whether I had done the right thing.