terror
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- noun
- /ˈtɛrər/
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terror
- As she walked alone at night, a deep sense of terror washed over her with every sound she heard.
- feel terror
- a sense of terror
- inspire terror
A space of dream, a space of terror, a space of symbolic fable.
- A space of dream, a space of terror, a space of symbolic fable.
- and bang, you bounce off that terror barrier and you're right back.
- Maybe that's the terror of ambiguity.
- For me it was absolute terror, just terror that I would not know what to do.
- And there's a certain terror and I even hear it in her voice.
- So I'm in this intense moment of just all beauty and terror all combined at once.
- If he he, he walks around in terror that his kid is going to get sick.
- Let's let us calibrate our our terror relative to the timing of a threat.
- A primal terror that I didn't know was there.
- This immense pain and terror are just existing.
- And most people avoid the terror of life.
Examples
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To live in terror every moment of every day... because your son is heir to the throne.
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It's a collision course of stress, anxiety, terror and more.
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So it was this incredible terror that happened to people.
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You have you have the look of terror in your eyes.
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For me it was absolute terror, just terror that I would not know what to do.
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For me, it was absolute terror, just terror that I would not know what to do.
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Everyone lives in absolute terror.
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But when he was alone, the cold terror would start to creep in.
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And many, overcome with terror like everyone else, simply fled.
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And there's a certain terror and I even hear it in her voice.
Synonyms
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1.0
An unpleasant feeling of being afraid because something seems dangerous
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2.1
A very strong feeling of fear, shock, or disgust
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3.5
A worried, nervous feeling that makes you unable to relax
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2.7
A sudden strong feeling of fear that makes you lose control
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2.3
A sudden feeling of fear or worry about danger
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1.5
A sudden strong feeling of fear when you expect danger
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9.9
A sudden strong feeling of fear
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.8
A sleep event, often in children, when a child wakes screaming in great fear and does not remember it
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9.3
A period during the French Revolution from 1793 to 1794 with mass executions and political violence
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A sleep problem where someone wakes from deep sleep with intense fear and often screams, usually without memory
How Scared
Surface Forms
Etymology
Terror comes from the Latin verb terrere 'to frighten', the same root you see in terrify. So terror today means a very strong, overwhelming feeling of fear.