Collocations for "terrifying"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "terrifying" in context.
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terrifying
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a terrifying [scene, movie, sight, accident]
- terrifying [stories, accounts, tales] (of)
- went through a terrifying [ordeal, experience]
- [drive, play, work] in terrifying conditions
- [drove] at terrifying speed
- face a terrifying [prospect, battle, challenge]
- is terrifying to [think about, contemplate, see, watch]
- (learn) the terrifying truth (about)
- that sounds terrifying!
- how terrifying for you!
- that must have been terrifying!
- so terrifying that she couldn't [speak, find, escape]
- was all the more terrifying [because, due to]
'terrifying' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):