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Definition of Terror
1. Noun. An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety.
Generic synonyms: Fear, Fearfulness, Fright
Specialized synonyms: Swivet
Derivative terms: Affright, Panic, Panic, Panicky, Terrify, Terrorise, Terrorise, Terrorist, Terrorize, Terrorize
2. Noun. A person who inspires fear or dread. "He was the terror of the neighborhood"
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Terrorist
3. Noun. A very troublesome child.
Generic synonyms: Imp, Monkey, Rapscallion, Rascal, Scalawag, Scallywag, Scamp
Derivative terms: Bratty
4. Noun. The use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons). "He used terror to make them confess"
Definition of Terror
1. n. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
Definition of Terror
1. Noun. intense (dread), (fright), or (fear). ¹
2. Noun. specific instances of being intensely terrified ¹
3. Noun. the action or quality of causing dread; (terribleness), especially such qualities in narrative fiction ¹
4. Noun. something or someone that causes such fear. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Terror
1. intense fear [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Terror
Literary usage of Terror
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Othello by William Shakespeare (2001)
"... but easily seduced* The public events of the first two Acts show us Othello
in his most glorious aspect, as the support of Venice and the terror of the- ..."
2. Lectures on the History of the French Revolution by William Smyth (1855)
"REIGN OF terror. IN my last lecture I endeavoured to give you some general notion
of the system of terror that existed in France under the reign of ..."
3. Lectures on the History of the French Revolution by William Smyth (1855)
"REIGN OF terror. IN my last lecture I endeavoured to give you some general notion
of the system of terror that existed in France under the reign of ..."
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