terrifies
Causes intense dread
Terrifies is the third-person singular of terrify—to fill with terror or intense fear.
The word implies fear strong enough to paralyze or overwhelm: The thought of public speaking terrifies her.
What terrifies can be real threats or irrational anxieties: Heights terrify me, The news terrifies investors.
Intense anticipatory fear
- fearEmotional response to threat
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- alarmUrgent warning signal
shock · trepidation · apprehension · hysteria · anxiety · unease · distress · paralysis
Fossilize or paralyze utterly
- paralyzeCause loss of movement
- startleFrighten suddenly
- intimidateInstill fear to control
- traumatizeCause lasting psychological harm
haunt · unnerve · shake · stun · spook · menace · threaten · chill
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- eerieDisturbingly strange
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
- hauntedOccupied by ghosts
creepy · spine-chilling · bloodcurdling · nightmarish · gruesome · sinister · unsettling · ghostly
Morbid dread of spiders
- claustrophobiaDread of enclosed areas
- acrophobiaDread of elevated positions
- agoraphobiaFear of public spaces
- trypophobiaAversion to hole clusters
nyctophobia · thanatophobia · aviophobia · glossophobia · xenophobia · coulrophobia · hemophobia
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
alarm · shock · trepidation · apprehension · hysteria · anxiety · unease · distress · paralysis · overwhelm
petrify
Fossilize or paralyze utterly
- paralyzeCause loss of movement
- startleFrighten suddenly
- intimidateInstill fear to control
traumatize · haunt · unnerve · shake · stun · spook · menace · threaten · chill · daunt
macabre
Disturbing, death-obsessed
haunted · creepy · spine-chilling · bloodcurdling · nightmarish · gruesome · sinister · unsettling · ghostly · spectral
arachnophobia
Morbid dread of spiders
- claustrophobiaDread of enclosed areas
- acrophobiaDread of elevated positions
- agoraphobiaFear of public spaces
trypophobia · nyctophobia · thanatophobia · aviophobia · glossophobia · xenophobia · coulrophobia · hemophobia