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Synonyms of terrified in English:

terrified


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adjective

1‘it was the worst moment of my life—I was absolutely terrified’

SYNONYMS
petrified, scared stiff, frightened out of one's wits, scared out of one's wits, scared witless, frightened to death, scared to death, terror-stricken, terror-struck, horror-stricken, horror-struck, paralysed with fear, horrified, panic-stricken, with one's heart in one's mouth, shaking in one's shoes, shaking like a leaf, frantic, hysterical, beside oneself
scared, frightened, afraid
Scottish feart
informal in a cold sweat, in a funk, in a blue funk
British informal funky, windy
North American informal spooked
vulgar slang scared shitless, shit scared, shitting bricks, bricking oneself
dialect frit
archaic afeared, affrighted
ANTONYMS

confident, unafraid