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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Terror seized the rebel host. --Milton.
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2. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
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Those enormous terrors of the Nile. --Prior.
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Rulers are not a terror to good works. --Rom. xiii.
3.
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There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.
--Shak.
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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.
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King of terrors, death. --Job xviii. 14.

Reign of Terror. (French Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
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Syn: Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See
Alarm.
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WordNet 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}]

Moby Dictionary
Dracula , Frankenstein , Mafioso , Wolf-man , Young Turk , abject fear ,
affright , alarm , anxiety , awe , beast , beldam , berserk , berserker ,
blue funk , bogey , bogeyman , bomber , bruiser , brute , bugaboo ,
bugbear , consternation , cowardice , demon , devil , dismay , dragon ,
dread , fear , fearfulness , fee-faw-fum , fiend , fire-eater ,
firebrand , 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 , 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

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