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noun
- 1. extreme fear: "people fled in terror" Similar
- 2. a person, especially a child, who causes trouble or annoyance. informal Similar
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TERROR definition: 1. extreme fear: 2. violent action or threats designed to cause fear among ordinary people, in…. Learn more.
The meaning of TERROR is a state of intense or overwhelming fear. How to use terror in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Terror.
noun. intense, sharp, overmastering fear: to be frantic with terror. Synonyms: consternation, dismay, alarm. Antonyms: calm. an instance or cause of intense fear or anxiety; quality of causing terror: to be a terror to evildoers. any period of frightful violence or bloodshed likened to the Reign of Terror in France.
terror implies an intense fear that is somewhat prolonged and may refer to imagined or future dangers: frozen with terror. horror implies a sense of shock at a danger that is also evil, and the danger may be to others rather than to oneself: to recoil in horror. panic and fright both imply a sudden shock of fear.
Terror is the feeling of extreme fear. If you unexpectedly find someone dressed up as a vampire in your closet in the middle of a dark night, you might well experience feelings of terror. If you feel terror, you are frozen to the spot in fear.
1. Intense, overpowering fear. See Synonyms at fear. 2. One that instills intense fear: a rabid dog that became the terror of the neighborhood. 3. The ability to instill intense fear: the terror of jackboots pounding down the street. 4. Violence committed or threatened by a group, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political goals. 5.
[countable] a person, situation or thing that makes you very afraid. These street gangs have become the terror of the neighbourhood. The terrors of the night were past. (literary) Death holds no terrors for (= does not frighten or worry) me.
terror meaning, definition, what is terror: a feeling of extreme fear: Learn more.
: something that causes very strong feelings of fear : something that is terrifying. [count] the terrors of war. the terrors of life in the jungle. [noncount] tales of terror. 3. [noncount] : violence that is committed by a person, group, or government in order to frighten people and achieve a political goal. a regime that rules by terror.
a feeling of being very frightened: There was a look of terror on his face. See also. reign of terror. (Definition of terror from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of terror. in Chinese (Traditional) （暴行引起的）恐懼，驚駭, 恐怖活動, 討厭鬼（尤指小孩）… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （暴行引起的）恐惧，惊骇, 恐怖活动, 讨厌鬼（尤指小孩）… See more.
