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

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Etymology

Noun

terror (countable and uncountable, plural terrors)

(countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.

Synonym: Thesaurus:fear

(uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.

(uncountable) terrorism

Anagrams

• rorter

Source: Wiktionary

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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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