{
    "term": "terrify",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "terrify",
            "heSheIt": "terrifies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "terrified",
        "pastParticiple": "terrified",
        "ingForm": "terrifying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make somebody feel extremely frightened",
            "sensetop": "terrify somebodyterrify somebody into (doing) something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Flying terrifies her.",
                    "contextForm": "terrify somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stop it! You’re terrifying the children!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He terrified employees at the bank into handing over cash.",
                    "contextForm": "terrify somebody into (doing) something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈterɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "te/terrify/terrify__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈterɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "te/terrify/terrifies__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈterɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "te/terrify/terrified__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈterɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "te/terrify/terrifying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈterɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "te/terrify/terrify__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈterɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "te/terrify/terrifies__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈterɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "te/terrify/terrified__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈterɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "te/terrify/terrifying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent.: from Latin terrificare, from terrificus ‘frightening’, from terrere ‘frighten’."
}