Terror
['terə] or ['tɛrɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons); 'he used terror to make them confess'.
(noun.) a very troublesome child.
(noun.) a person who inspires fear or dread; 'he was the terror of the neighborhood'.
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Definition
(n.) Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.
(n.) That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
Typist: Murray
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Consternation, fright, alarm, affright, panic, horror, dismay, intimidation, terrorism, great fear, extreme dread.
Typist: Mason
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fear, dread, alarm, flight, consternation, horror, dismay
ANT:Confidence, fearlessness, boldness, reassurance
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Definition
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.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you feel terror at any object or happening, denotes that disappointments and loss will envelope you. To see others in terror, means that unhappiness of friends will seriously affect you.
Editor: Melinda
Examples
- The common man in France was more free, better off, and happier during the Terror than he had been in 1787. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Affery, who had watched her in terror, darted to her in the middle of the room, caught hold of her dress, and went on her knees to her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The Terror was at an end. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Reader, do you know, as I do, what terror those cold people can put into the ice of their questions? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The English Channel is a holy terror, all right, but it didn't affect me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No matter how unreasonable the terror, so that it be terror. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- His loose eyes rolled frightfully--not in terror, but in exultation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A look of terror came over the sweet smiling face, and she clung to George as by an instinct. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was the skeleton in his house, and all the family walked by it in terror and silence. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And once or twice lately, when he was alone in the evening and had nothing to do, he had suddenly stood up in terror, not knowing what he was. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The horse is still novel enough to be something of a terror in itself. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If ever a man was three parts mad with terror, that man's name is Pinner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Gudrun's heart leapt in sudden terror, profound terror. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mr. Claypole, without making any further change in his position than suffering his legs to reach the ground, gazed at the beadle in drunken terror. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Don't cut my throat, sir, I pleaded in terror. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He is mad--mad with the terrors of a guilty conscience. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- However many terrors she might have, she would be unafraid, uncowed by him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And proper little terrors they were, little fiends--that Gerald was a demon if ever there was one, a proper demon, ay, at six months old. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The popular fear of engrossing and forestalling may be compared to the popular terrors and suspicions of witchcraft. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- More than once, too, they had to look on Him whose face flesh scarce can see and live: they had to pay their tribute to the King of Terrors. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The nervous terrors and fearful visions which had scared us during the spring, continued to visit our coward troop during this sad journey. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Nay, with some persons those awes and terrors of youth last for ever and ever. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The terrors and horrors of Cocytus and Styx, ghosts and sapless shades, and the rest of their Tartarean nomenclature, must vanish. Plato. The Republic.
- He knew there was risk; but such death had for his nerves no terrors. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And another circumstance invested this old lady with peculiar terrors. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- When the day came round for my return to the scene of the deed of violence, my terrors reached their height. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It had been well, if such vain terrors could have distracted our thoughts from more tangible evils. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The corruption of our hearts, the evil of our ways, the curse that is upon us, the terrors that surround us--these were the themes of my childhood. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But there was now a great darkness besides; and that invested the storm with new terrors, real and fanciful. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- These occupations brought her round to the December month, wherein her father walked among the terrors with a steady head. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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