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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1. Kate Kilpatrick:

   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.

2. Judy Weisman:

   It's just such a horrific notion to think what the people down in the below decks, the people sleeping down there must have gone through, how terrifying.

3. Jennifer Alvarez:

   She's going off to college.  There's going to be parties. She's going to get invited out to a bar or out to a club, and it's terrifying.

4. Henry Hobson:

   It pushes the zombie genre, with a very small film, in a new direction, in so far as saying what does it look like for a small family to go through the trauma of death and the eventual terrifying consequences.

5. Zhang Wuzong:

   Creditors will come to retrieve their debts, and not just the banks, your personal assets are frozen, and you will be sued. It is terrifying, so why don't these bosses simply run away?