Definition of terror

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Terror (n.) Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.

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Bullbeggar :: Bullbeggar (n.) Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear..
Affright :: Affright (n.) The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread..
Affray :: Affray (v. t.) Alarm; terror; fright.
Fear :: Fear (n.) That which causes, or which is the object of, apprehension or alarm; source or occasion of terror; danger; dreadfulness..
Fearful :: Fearful (a.) Inspiring fear or awe; exciting apprehension or terror; terrible; frightful; dreadful.
Aghast :: Aghast (a & p. p.) Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
Dread :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
Fulminatory :: Fulminatory (a.) Thundering; striking terror.
Tirrit :: Tirrit (n.) A word from the vocabulary of Mrs. Quickly, the hostess in Shakespeare's Henry IV., probably meaning terror..
Coercion :: Coercion (n.) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. Coactus volui (I consented under compulsion) is the condit
Mormo :: Mormo (n.) A bugbear; false terror.
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise..
Trepidation :: Trepidation (n.) Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation..
Mad :: Mad (superl.) Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform..
Terrorism :: Terrorism (n.) The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation..
Consternation :: Consternation (n.) Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay..
Epidemic :: Epidemic (n.) Anything which takes possession of the minds of people as an epidemic does of their bodies; as, an epidemic of terror..
Fierce :: Fierce (superl.) Vehement in anger or cruelty; ready or eager to kill or injure; of a nature to inspire terror; ferocious.
Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance..
Terrific :: Terrific (a.) Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight..
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