terrifying

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ter·ri·fy·ing /ˈterəfaɪ-ɪŋ/ ●●○ adjective  FRIGHTENEDextremely frightening 极其可怕的，骇人听闻的terrifying experience/ordeal He told her of his terrifying experience. 他向她讲述了自己的可怕经历。 terrifying screams 可怕的尖叫声 It was absolutely terrifying. 这极其恐怖。► see thesaurus at frightening —terrifyingly adverb

Examples from the Corpus

terrifying• They stopped me, and I saw that they had a gun. It was terrifying.• The senior one was a fearsome, mustachioed amateur cello player who addressed every class in a terrifying bawl.• There was a terrifying crash, and the house seemed to shake.• The heat, the insects, and the debilitating claustrophobia of those few terrifying days often returned to haunt him.• Spending a night in jail was a terrifying experience.• It took him more than 30 years before he told anyone other than friends of his terrifying experience.• I opened my eyes, and tried to banish the terrifying images of the plane falling from the sky, and crashing into the sea.• And beneath his feet Hencke could hear the terrifying noise of water beginning to slop its way through the bilges.• It had been a terrifying ordeal, but now, at last, he was free.• Smoke poured from the main bedroom window, and there were terrifying reports as the glass cracked in the heat.• In the morning the mad excitement was over, and the dreadful memory of his crime returned - more terrifying than ever.• Thus is the citizen beset by the vision of a terrifying Trinity - Unaccountability, Inaccessibility and Unintelligibility.It was ... terrifying• And if it wasn't, it was terrifying.• At the beginning it was terrifying.• It was almost terrifying - and yet wildly exciting.• It was a terrifying place for Terry to be.• It was terrifying to a novice, but quite easy to deal with.• It was terrifying to think that some one could feel such hatred towards you that they could do something like this.• It was a terrifying word, and yet he hadn't really raped her.

ter·ri·fy·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus extremely frightening

terrifying
ter‧ri‧fy‧ing /ˈterəfaɪ-ɪŋ, ˈterɪfaɪ-ɪŋ/ adjective
extremely frightening
    terrifying experience/ordeal
    He told her of his terrifying experience.
    terrifying screams
    It was absolutely terrifying.
—terrifyingly adverb
     

THESAURUS

■ very frightening
   ▪ terrifying extremely frightening: a terrifying thought | The experience was absolutely terrifying. | She spoke of the terrifying ordeal (=a very bad experience) when three armed men burst into her house.
   ▪ hair-raising very frightening and involving danger, in a way that is exciting: hair-raising stories | a hair-raising motorcycle ride through the streets of Havana
   ▪ spine-chilling very frightening – used about films, stories etc that involve frightening or cruel events: a spine-chilling novel by Stephen King
   ▪ blood-curdling especially literary [only before noun] very frightening – used especially about sounds: a blood-curdling scream | a blood-curdling growl