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Synonyms for terror

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ter-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɛr ər

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Définition of terror

Origin :
  • late 14c., "great fear," from Old French terreur (14c.), from Latin terrorem (nominative terror) "great fear, dread," from terrere "fill with fear, frighten," from PIE root *tre- "shake" (see terrible). Meaning "quality of causing dread" is attested from 1520s; terror bombing first recorded 1941, with reference to German air attack on Rotterdam. Sense of "a person fancied as a source of terror" (often with deliberate exaggeration, as of a naughty child) is recorded from 1883. The Reign of Terror in French history (March 1793-July 1794) so called in English from 1801. Old English words for "terror" included broga and egesa.
  • noun intense fear
Example sentences :
  • Terror itself, and the mystery of the unknown, led to his living.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • These are the reflections of a man who wrote amid the Terror.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • Terror and anguish coursed furiously in her body unable to find an issue.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • Terror had destroyed her mind; and it was a mercy, so charmed did she appear with the beauty of the morning.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
  • Only a few miles to the west the Erebus and Terror were lost.
  • Extract from : « The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras » by Jules Verne
  • Terror has driven from our city the most respectable inhabitants.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • An' there is mo' kinds of debbil-trees 'an them on Terror Cove?
  • Extract from : « Plotting in Pirate Seas » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
  • Terror dried her tears, and her heart almost stopped beating.
  • Extract from : « Deserted » by Edward Bellamy
  • It don't require a skilled electrician to see how the Terror operates.
  • Extract from : « Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; » by "Noname"
  • All the actions of the Terror were controlled by these levers.
  • Extract from : « Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; » by "Noname"

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