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 Definitions of Terror  [ˈtɛr ər]  

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Definition of 'Terror' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) terror
intense fear.

2.  terror
a person or thing that causes such fear.

3.  terror
violence or threats of violence used as a means of intimidation or coercion.

4.  terror
Informal. a person or thing that is especially annoying or unpleasant.

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME terrour < AF < L terrēre to frighten)

Definition of 'Terror' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) panic, terror, affright
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

2. (noun) terror, scourge, threat
a person who inspires fear or dread
"he was the terror of the neighborhood"

3. (noun) terror, brat, little terror, holy terror
a very troublesome child

4. (noun) terror
the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
"he used terror to make them confess"


Definition of 'Terror' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) terror
extreme fear
the look of terror on his face; They ran from the scene in terror.


Definition of 'Terror' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Terror
extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright

2. (noun) Terror
that which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear


Translation of 'Terror' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: very great fear
She screamed with/in terror; She has a terror of spiders.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vrees Arabic flag Arabic: رُعْب، خَوْف شَديد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ужас
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pavor Czech flag Czech: hrůza German flag German: das Entsetzen
Danish flag Danish: skræk Greek flag Greek: τρόμος, τρομάρα Spanish flag Spanish: terror, pavor
Estonian flag Estonian: kabuhirm Farsi flag Farsi: وحشت Finnish flag Finnish: kauhu
French flag French: terreur Hebrew flag Hebrew: טְרוֹר Hindi flag Hindi: आतंक, भय
Croatian flag Croatian: užas, strah Hungarian flag Hungarian: rémület Indonesian flag Indonesian: rasa ngeri
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skelfing Italian flag Italian: terrore Japanese flag Japanese: 恐怖
Korean flag Korean: 공포 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: siaubas Latvian flag Latvian: šausmas
Malay flag Malay: perasaan gentar Dutch flag Dutch: schrik Norwegian flag Norwegian: skrekk, frykt, terror
Polish flag Polish: paniczny strach Persian flag Persian: وحشت Pashto flag Pashto: ډېره ويره، زيات ډار ويروو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pavor Romanian flag Romanian: groază Russian flag Russian: страх
Slovak flag Slovak: hrôza Slovenian flag Slovenian: groza Serbian flag Serbian: strah
Swedish flag Swedish: skräck Thai flag Thai: ความหวาดกลัว Turkish flag Turkish: dehşet, terör
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 恐怖 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: жах, страх Urdu flag Urdu: خوف، دہشت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nỗi sợ hãi Chinese flag Chinese: 恐怖

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