Definition of terror

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Terror (n.) That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.

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Appallment :: Appallment (n.) Depression occasioned by terror; dismay.
Dreadful :: Dreadful (a.) Full of dread or terror; fearful.
Terrific :: Terrific (a.) Causing terror; adapted to excite great fear or dread; terrible; as, a terrific form; a terrific sight..
Appall :: Appall (n.) Terror; dismay.
Dread :: Dread (a.) Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful.
Terrorless :: Terrorless (a.) Free from terror.
Terrorize :: Terrorize (v. t.) To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.
Consternation :: Consternation (n.) Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay..
Trepidation :: Trepidation (n.) An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering..
Terrorist :: Terrorist (n.) One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France..
Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
Hideous :: Hideous (a.) Distressing or offensive to the ear; exciting terror or dismay; as, a hideous noise..
Horror :: Horror (n.) A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking..
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
Thunder :: Thunder (v. t.) To emit with noise and terror; to utter vehemently; to publish, as a threat or denunciation..
Shriek :: Shriek (n.) A sharp, shrill outcry or scream; a shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like..
Terrorism :: Terrorism (n.) The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.
Bullbeggar :: Bullbeggar (n.) Something used or suggested to produce terror, as in children or persons of weak mind; a bugbear..
Frightment :: Frightment (n.) Fear; terror.
Affright :: Affright (n.) The act of frightening; also, a cause of terror; an object of dread..
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