terrifying
adj/ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ.ɪŋ/
1
Frightening or intimidating.
- terrifying creature
- terrifying dream
3 more examples
- terrifying film
- terrifying ride
- terrifying story
2
Of a formidable nature; terrific.
- Penguin colonies that number in millions; nights that run into days, and days that run into nights; katabatic winds that scream down the ice sheets at a terrifying 180 miles per hour, and then remain equally terrifyingly still.2006 February 24, Tishani Doshi, “Meanwhile: The long view from Antarctica”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2023:
- Derived terms
- terrifyingly, terrifyingness, unterrifying