'Terror' definitions:
Definition of 'terror'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Terror'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Terror seized the rebel host. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear. [1913 Webster]
- Those enormous terrors of the Nile. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- Rulers are not a terror to good works. --Rom. xiii. 3. [1913 Webster]
- There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- King of terrors, death. --Job xviii. 14.
- Reign of Terror. (French Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See Alarm. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'terror'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abject fear,
- affright,
- alarm,
- anxiety,
- awe,
- beast,
- beldam,
- berserk,
- berserker,
- blue funk,
- bogey,
- bogeyman,
- bomber,
- bruiser,
- brute,
- bugaboo,
- bugbear,
- consternation,
- cowardice,
- demon,
- devil,
- dismay,
- Dracula,
- dragon,
- dread,
- fear,
- fearfulness,
- fee-faw-fum,
- fiend,
- fire-eater,
- firebrand,
- Frankenstein,
- fright,
- frightener,
- funk,
- fury,
- ghost,
- ghoul,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- gun,
- gunsel,
- hardnose,
- hatchet man,
- hell-raiser,
- hellcat,
- hellhound,
- hellion,
- hobgoblin,
- holy terror,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- horrification,
- horror,
- hothead,
- hotspur,
- incendiary,
- incubus,
- intimidation,
- killer,
- mad dog,
- madcap,
- Mafioso,
- monster,
- mug,
- mugger,
- muscle man,
- nightmare,
- ogre,
- ogress,
- panic,
- panic fear,
- phantom,
- phobia,
- plug-ugly,
- rapist,
- revenant,
- revolutionary,
- rodman,
- roughneck,
- savage,
- scare,
- scarebabe,
- scarecrow,
- scarer,
- scourge,
- she-wolf,
- shock,
- specter,
- spitfire,
- stampede,
- strong-arm man,
- succubus,
- termagant,
- terrorist,
- tiger,
- tigress,
- torpedo,
- tough,
- tough guy,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- trigger man,
- ugly customer,
- unholy dread,
- vampire,
- violent,
- virago,
- vixen,
- werewolf,
- wild beast,
- witch,
- wolf,
- Wolf-man,
- Young Turk
Words containing 'Terror'
- Terrorism,
- Terrorize,
- terrorization,
- terrorizing,
- King of terrors,
- Night terrors,
- Reign of Terror,
- act of terrorism,
- biological terrorism,
- chemical terrorism,
- domestic terrorism,
- ecological terrorism,
- holy terror,
- international terrorism,
- little terror,
- night terror,
- nuclear terrorism,
- cyber-terrorism,
- sleep terror disorder,
- terror-stricken,
- terror-struck,
- state-sponsored terrorism