| Pronunciation: | | 'terur
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| Matching Terms: | | terrorisation, terrorise, terrorism, terrorist, terrorization, terrorize, terrorless, terror-stricken, terror-struck
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | brat, holy terror, little terror, panic, scourge, threat |
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| | See Also: | | fear, fearfulness, fright, human, imp, individual, monkey, mortal, person, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp, somebody, someone, soul |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are in terror, represents your lost of trust in others. |
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