Synonyms for terrifying
ter·ri·fy·ing

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1. terrific, terrifyingadjective

   causing extreme terror

   "a terrifying wail"

   Synonyms:
   wondrous, tremendous, terrific, howling(a), wonderful, marvellous, fantastic, marvelous, rattling(a), grand

   Antonyms:
   unalarming

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1. super scaryadjective

   it was terrifying to see him like that

   Submitted by cadenshouey on March 25, 2023  

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1. List of paraphrases for "terrifying":

   frightening, appalling, scary, terrible, horrifying, horrific, fearsome, dreadful, horrendous, chilling, horrible, creepy, shocking, daunting, awful

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How to use terrifying in a sentence?

1. Alyssa Andrews:

   It was just terrifying, just unbelievable.

2. Malcolm Reiman:

   You would walk down the subway steps every day, and all you could smell was urine; it was littered with muggers and mentally-ill people everywhere, subways were truly terrifying places.

3. Tony Chung:

   The surveillance was very serious, it's quite terrifying that even in Taiwan we're followed 24 hours a day.

4. Kate Kilpatrick:

   We were sleeping and it woke us up abruptly, it was so terrifying because this is my first earthquake. I thought it was a nightmare because I was so confused. The whole world was aggressively shaking.

5. Neville Agnew:

   It is an incredibly precious object, so it was a very stressful time to safely move the mummy, it was terrifying.