About The Word Terror
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Terror
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What's The Definition Of Terror?
[n] an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
[n] a very troublesome child [n] a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" Synonyms | Synonyms for Terror: brat | holy terror | little terror | panic | scourge | threat Related Terms | Find terms related to Terror: See Also | fear | fearfulness | fright | human | imp | individual | monkey | mortal | person | rapscallion | rascal | scalawag | scallywag | scamp | somebody | someone | soul Terror In Webster's Dictionary \Ter"ror\, n. [L. terror, akin to terrere to frighten,
for tersere; akin to Gr. ? to flee away, dread, Skr. 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}.
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