terrifying thought

collocation in English

meaningsofterrifyingandthought

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withthought.
terrifying
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.faɪ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈter.ə.faɪ.ɪŋ/
very ...
See more atterrifying
thought
noun[C or U]
uk
/θɔːt/us
/θɑːt/
the act of thinking about or considering something, an idea or opinion, or a set of ideas about a ...
See more atthought

(Definition ofterrifyingandthoughtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofterrifying thought

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
That is aterrifyingthoughtwhen we talk about our industrial recovery.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is aterrifyingthoughtto me that, without thinking about it, we should put ourselves in that position.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is aterrifyingthought, and is very difficult to assimilate.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That was aterrifyingthoughtto most of the electorate.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Unemployment of more than 4 million is aterrifyingthought.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Of course, that is aterrifyingthoughtfor the girl who faced the ordeal and for the family, which has now suffered twice.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That was aterrifyingthoughtand it is terrifying to find our prophecies, if it is so, so accurately fulfilled.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is aterrifyingthought.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is aterrifyingthought.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was aterrifyingthoughtto them.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is aterrifyingthoughtthat if we take the prison population as a ratio of the number of male adults in our society, one in 300 is in prison.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I find that aterrifyingthought.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It may be sufficient that, for the first time, they realise they are in danger of losing a child, which is aterrifyingthoughteven to irresponsible parents.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is the consolidated, determined and ruthless attack on every form of organised religion behind the iron curtain which is a solemn and, indeed,terrifyingthought.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is aterrifyingthoughtthat if the witness had not decided that he might have made a mistake my constituent might still have been in gaol.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Those are terrifying thoughts, but it is only right that when we are facing this problem we should face the fact that these dangers exist.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofterrifying
Go to the definition ofthought
See other collocations withthought