Terror
English
Noun
Terror (plural Terrors)- (uncountable) intense dread, fright, or fear.
- (countable) specific instances of being intensely terrified
- (uncountable) the action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction
- (countable) something or someone that causes such fear.
Adjectives for Terror
mute; avowed; blasphemous; striking; pusillanimous; loving; mutual; bodily; abject; abysmal; mysterious; coquettish; conventional; chastening; conquering; psychic; manifest; rattling; hasty; inconceivable; avenging; haunting; forest; imaginary; instinctive; vague; limitless; unreasoning; sheer; absurd; majestic; dissolving; wild;grisly; superstitious; shuddering; bouncing; roaring; rigid; secret; breathless; dispelled; vigorous; frantic; natural; undefinable; solemn; rhythmic; deadly; fantastic; vicarious; tinkling; vengeful; faltering; prudential; dreadful; groundless; panicky; moderate; anticipative; veritable; pregnant; scattered; cold; paralyzing; dire; sickly; blind; constant; soul-chilling; overwhelming; unreasonable; supernatural; suppressed; simultaneous; efficient; increasing; unconvinced; ignoble.
Verbs for Terror
allay—; attest to—; beleaguer by—; bend in—; blanch with—; cower in—; dispel—; entertain—; flinch in—; hesitate in—; incite—; inspire—; live in—; pale in—; palpitate in—; paralyze—; plunge into— prostrate with—; quake in—; quiver in— read—; retreat in—; sense—; shrink in— shudder in—; squirm in—; tremble in—; —aggravates; —catches; —chills; —deters; —harrows; —haunts; —looms; —nauseates; —overwhelms; —petrifies; —racks; —recoils; —reigns; —seizes; —shapes itself; —springs; —stalks; —strikes; —stuns; — weighs upon.
Thesaurus
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, 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, 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,
Etymology
From Old French terreur (“terror, fear, dread”) < Latin accusative terrorem (“fright, fear, terror”) < terrere (“to frighten, terrify”) < Proto-Indo-European *tre- (“to shake”), Proto-Indo-European *tres- (“to tremble”).
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Latin
Noun
terror (genitive terrōris); m, third declension
Etymology
From terreō (“frighten, terrify”).
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | terror | terrōrēs |
| genitive | terrōris | terrōrum |
| dative | terrōrī | terrōribus |
| accusative | terrōrem | terrōrēs |
| ablative | terrōre | terrōribus |
| vocative | terror | terrōrēs |
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Portuguese
Noun
terror m (plural terrores)
- terror
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 493:
- Os olhos do elfo se arregalavam de terror e ele tremia.
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 493:
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Swedish
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Terror c.
