terrorise

Other forms of terrorise

past tense

terrorised·

present participle

terrorising·

third person

terrorises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about terrorise

What does terrorise mean?

terrorise means "coerce by violence or with threats". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in terrorise?

terrorise has 3 syllables: ter-ro-rise. The stress falls on "ter".

What is another word for terrorise?

Close synonyms include terrorize, terrify, terrorize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is terrorise a common word?

terrorise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.