TERRIFIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does terrified mean? 

• TERRIFIED (adjective)
  The adjective TERRIFIED has 1 sense:

1. thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

  Familiarity information: TERRIFIED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TERRIFIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation

Synonyms:

frightened; panic-stricken; panic-struck; panicked; panicky; terrified

Context example:

the terrified horse bolted

Similar:

afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)

 Context examples 

They were terrified and wanted to hide themselves.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I was so terrified that I do not know what I did.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Terrified as I was, I could not help thinking to myself that this must have been how Mr. Arrow got the strong waters that destroyed him.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I tried, but I could not wake him. This caused me a great fear, and I looked around terrified.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I now observed myself to be less terrified than I had been in the morning.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I had admired the perfect forms of my cottagers—their grace, beauty, and delicate complexions; but how was I terrified when I viewed myself in a transparent pool!

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“Trot! My dear Trot!” cried my aunt, in a terrified whisper, and pressing my arm.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She had caught herself wondering what marriage was like, and the becoming conscious of the waywardness and ardor of the thought had terrified her.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The sleepers were all aroused: ejaculations, terrified murmurs sounded in every room; door after door unclosed; one looked out and another looked out; the gallery filled.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Billee, terrified into bravery, sprang through the savage circle and fled away over the ice.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)