terrifies
SayTER-i-fyz/ˈtɛɹɪfaɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of terrify.
The thought of public speaking terrifies him more than anything else.
A sudden clap of thunder terrifies the horses in the stable.
Note
A consonant-plus-y verb changes its spelling here: the -y of terrify becomes -ie before the -s ending, just as satisfy becomes satisfies. The form carries both living meanings of the verb, filling someone with terror and menacing or intimidating them. It normally takes a direct object (it terrifies him). The older sense 'to make terrible' is obsolete, so modern readers hear only fear in it.
terrifies is a form of terrify
terrify, verb: To frighten someone severely; to fill with terror. Full entry
- Forms
- terrifyterrifies he/she/itterrifying -ing formterrified past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- terrify → terrifies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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