单词 | terrification |
释义 | terrification Chiefly Sc.|ˌtɛrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən| [ad. L. terrificātiōn-em, n. of action from terrificāre to terrify.] The action of terrifying; the fact or condition of being terrified; consternation, extreme alarm, terror, fright.
1612in W. James Deeds East Lothian (1899) 29 For ane examplar terrificatioun to all Godles harlottis to flie and abhorre the lyk. 1797Earl Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. III. 504 Now and then he tried terrification, by letting out some strong Jacobin phrases. 1833Galt in Fraser's Mag. VIII. 657 He was in an awful terrification. b. transf. A source of alarm or dismay; a terror.
a1806A. Grant Lett. fr. Mount. (1806) III. 180 She was a terrification to me. |

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