Terror

Noun

 * 1)  intense dread, fright, or fear.
 * 2)  specific instances of being intensely terrified
 * 3)  the action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction
 * 4)  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 terreur: <  accusative terrorem: < terreo: <,.

Derived terms

 * terrorism
 * terrorist
 * terrorize, terrorized, terrorizing
 * reign of terror

Related terms

 * terrible
 * terrific
 * terrify

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Japanese: 恐怖
 * Korean: 공포 (恐怖)


 * Romanian:, teroare
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: groza
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Japanese: 恐怖
 * Russian: террор


 * Arabic: رعب, هول,  ذعر
 * Armenian:, սարսափ,
 * Bulgarian: ужас (úžas), терор (terór)
 * Croatian: teror, užas
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian:
 * Greek: τρόμος (trómos)
 * Hebrew: אימה, , אימתן  (2), בריון  (2)
 * Hungarian: rémület, terror


 * Indonesian: kengerian
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 공포 (gongpo)
 * Latin:
 * Old English:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: teroare
 * Russian:, ,  террор
 * Serbian: терор (teror), ужас (užas)
 * Serbo-Croatian: terror, užas (ужас ),  užas
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kikuli, vikuli pl (noun 7/8)
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: terör
 * Ukrainian: терор (terór)
 * Vietnamese: nỗi khiếp sợ sự khủng bố

Noun

 * 1) a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic
 * 2) an object of fear or dread

Etymology
From terreo:.

Related terms

 * terreō
 * terribilis


 * terribilitās
 * terricula

Descendants

 * English:
 * French: terreur
 * Italian: terrore


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:

Noun
terror m (plural terrores)


 * 1) terror
 * 2) * 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.

Noun

 * 1) horror
 * 2) terror

Related terms

 * aterrorizar
 * terrible
 * terriblemente
 * terrorífico
 * terrorizar

Noun

 * 1) terror

Related terms

 * terrordåd
 * terrorhandling
 * terrorism
 * terrorist