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# terrified

«terrified» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **very, very frightened** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; past form of verb «terrify» (terrify, terrifies, terrified, terrifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Terrified means very, very frightened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#m1)

2) (verb, past) Terrified is the past form of terrify: to make someone extremely scared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Struck with sudden fear, often by God's power or by a heavenly messenger. In the primary lessons: In stories it shows strong fear: «the terrified child hid under the bed». In everyday talk people say «I'm terrified of spiders». In safety lessons, being terrified can make people freeze, so we practise drills to stay calm. Phrases: «terrified of», «terrified to», «scared stiff».

### examples

- Now the spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him. (Prophets 1SA.16.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#x1)
- And Esther said: 'An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman.' Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen. (Writings EST.7.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#x2)
- But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was terrified because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. (Writings 1CH.21.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#x3)
- I'm terrified of spiders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#x4)
- The terrified kitten hid under the sofa. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#x5)
- The loud thunder terrified the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#x6)
- She was terrified to jump off the high board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#x7)
- He looked terrified when the lights went out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#x8)
- The ghost story terrified the younger children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#x9)
- Don't be terrified; the dog is friendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#x10)
- They were terrified and wanted to hide themselves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/#x11)

### note

Stronger than «scared» or «frightened»: scared < frightened < terrified. «Terrified» = the person feeling fear; «terrifying» = the thing causing it («a terrifying storm»). Followed by «of» (a thing) or «to» (an action).

### In the corpora

- [Now the spirit of the LORD had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.442/)
- [The quarrelling Queens rush out, terrified.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/97-justso-butterfly-2-the-butterfly-stamps-and-the-book-ends/8/)
- ["The pilot terrified" hides the animal OTTER across "pilot" and "terrified".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/9/)
- [Ruby's friend in Glasgow had been hurting herself on purpose and begged, «Promise me, Rubes.» Ruby was terrified.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/437-when-not-to-keep-a-friends-secret/28/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «terrified» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/terrified/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.