Definition of terror Terror
/tɛˈɹɚ/ - [terer] - ter•ror
We found 13 definitions of terror from 7 different sources.
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What does terror mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: terrors |
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| terror - the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons); "he used terror to make them confess" | ||
| coercion the act of compelling by force of authority | ||
| terror - a very troublesome child | ||
| brat, little terror, holy terror | ||
| scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag one who is playfully mischievous | ||
| terror - a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" | ||
| scourge, threat | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
| terror - an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety | ||
| panic, affright | ||
| fright, fearfulness, fear the trait of being afraid | ||
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Wiktionary 
- terror (Noun)
Specific instances of being intensely terrified. - terror (Noun)
something or someone that causes such fear.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- terror (n.)
Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright. - terror (n.)
That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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terror
Extreme or intense fear. -
terror
Something that causes extreme or intense fear.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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terror
ter′or, n. extreme fear: an object of fear or dread—(Milt.) Terr′our.—adj. Terr′or-haunt′ed, haunted with terror.—n. Terrorisā′tion.—v.t. Terr′orise, to terrify: to govern by terror.—ns. Terr′oriser, one who terrorises; Terr′orism, a state of terror: a state which impresses terror: an organised system of intimidation; Terr′orist, one who rules by terror.—adjs. Terr′orless, free from terror: harmless; Terr′or-smit′ten, -strick′en, -struck, seized with terror, terrified.—v.t. Terr′or-strike, to smite with terror.—King of Terrors, death; Reign of Terror, or The Terror, the period of fever in the first French Revolution, during which the king, the queen, thousands of victims—the innocent and the guilty—the Girondists, Danton, Madame Roland, and at last Robespierre, were hurried to the guillotine. [L. terror—terrēre, to frighten.]
Wikipedia 
- Terror is a state of fear, an overwhelming sense of imminent danger.
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🔤- terror, noun, singular of terrors.
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