terror

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈtɛɹɚ/, in some accents IPA: /ˈtɛɚ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈtɛɹə/

Noun

terror

1. (countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:fear

   • 1794, William Godwin, Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams

     The terrors with which I was seized […] were extreme.

2. (uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
   • 1921, Edith Birkhead, The tale of terror: a study of the Gothic romance
3. (countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.
   • 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson

     The terrors of the storm

4. (uncountable) terrorism

   a terror attack; the War on Terror

Related terms

• terrible
• terrific
• terrify
• terrorism
• terrorist

Translations

• French: terreur, effroi
• German: Schrecken, Grauen, schreckliche Furcht
• Portuguese: terror
• Russian: у́жас
• Spanish: terror

Translations

• French: terreur
• German: Terror
• Portuguese: terror
• Russian: у́жас
• Spanish: terror

Translations

• French: terrorisme
• Russian: тера́кт

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