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terrified

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terrified
adjective
it was the worst moment of my life—I was absolutely terrified:
petrified, scared stiff, frightened/scared out of one's wits, scared witless, frightened/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 (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.
terrify Oxford Dictionary of English