adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a terrified scream (= by someone who is terrified )
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I let out a terrified scream and scuttled down the stairs.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a terrified old woman
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He's absolutely terrified of snakes.
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I couldn't move - I was absolutely terrified .
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I was terrified that my father would find out I had lied to him.
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The faces of the four terrified teenagers looked up at us.
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The little boy cowered behind the tree, terrified to make a sound.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because of her marriage and her religion, she's terrified of a scandal.
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Everyone was terrified of him on account of his frightful temper.
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He returned to Cornbury a broken and terrified man.
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If he was terrified , why did he not run for safety, as any sensible rabbit would?
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Mike Chittenden staggered in flames into a neighbouring office, where terrified workers doused the flames and administered first aid.
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She screamed, half terrified , half ecstatic, feeling like a mote of dust tossed on an endless ocean.
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She wanted to know, and yet was terrified of what he might tell her.