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TERROR
terror
(noun) the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons); “he used terror to make them confess”
panic, terror, affright
(noun) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
terror, brat, little terror, holy terror
(noun) a very troublesome child
terror, scourge, threat
(noun) a person who inspires fear or dread; “he was the terror of the neighborhood”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
terror (countable and uncountable, plural terrors)
(countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
Synonym: Thesaurus:fear
(uncountable)Â The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
(uncountable) terrorism
Anagrams
• rorter
Source: Wiktionary
Ter"ror, n. Etym: [L. terror, akin to terrere to frighten, for tersere; akin to Gr. tras to tremble, to be afraid, Russ. triasti to shake: cf. F. terreur. Cf. Deter.]
1. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright. Terror seized the rebel host. Milton.
2. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear. Those enormous terrors of the Nile. Prior. Rulers are not a terror to good works. Rom. xiii. 3. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. Shak.
Note: Terror is used in the formation of compounds which are generally self-explaining: as, terror-fraught, terror-giving, terror- smitten, terror-stricken, terror-struck, and the like. King of terrors, death. Job xviii. 14.
– Reign of Terror. (F. Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Syn.
– Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See Alarm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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