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terror |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Terror \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: terror n 1: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: {panic}] 2: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" [syn: {scourge}, {threat}] 3: a very troublesome child [syn: {brat}, {little terror}, {holy terror}]
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