Thesaurus: terror

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1. n. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
2. n. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
3. n. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
4. n. a person who inspires fear or dread
5. n. a very troublesome child
6. n. the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
7. 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.
8. n:100 n. a person who inspires fear or dread n. a very troublesome child n. the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)