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noun

Terror n.

Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright. "Terror seized the rebel host."

That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear. "Those enormous terrors of the Nile." "Rulers are not a terror to good works." "There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats." Note: Terror is used in the formation of compounds which are generally self-explaining: as, terror-fraught, terror-giving, terror-smitten, terror-stricken, terror-struck, and the like.

King of terrors, death.

Reign of Terror. (French Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

Synonyms: Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See Alarm.

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"Terror" Quotes from Famous Books

... moment Mr. Clinch supported himself against the open window, leaning his throbbing head on the cold glass. Shame, mortification, an hysterical half-consciousness of his utter ridiculousness, and yet an odd, undefined terror of something, by turns possessed him. Was he ever before guilty of such perfect folly? Had he ever before made such a spectacle of himself? Was it possible that he, Mr. James Clinch, the coolest head at a late supper,—he, ...

— The Twins of Table Mountain and Other Stories • Bret Harte

... her father had come flying upon the wings of his danger and its deliverance, small wonder that his brow was wet and his lips dry and his eyes hard with terror. ...

— The Fortieth Door • Mary Hastings Bradley

... old Mac is jawing about," said Mo Shendish, "but you can take it from me he's a holy terror with the bayonet. One moment he's talking to a Boche through his hat and the next the Boche is wriggling like a worm on a ...

— The Rough Road • William John Locke

... horror! its occupant was creeping forth with its ghastly face peering up into his! With a mad yell the negro bounded to his cart. He leaped wildly in, but the cold hand clung close, and the sheeted figure sustained itself behind him. With shrieks of terror, which echoed fearfully in and out among the tombs, the man plied the lash to his affrighted horse, and they dashed away through the dim streets at a mad pace, the negro, with eyes starting from their sockets, and mouth wide open from ...

— The Brother Clerks - A Tale of New-Orleans • Xariffa

... struck the vessel, and she was turned over on her beam-ends, a sea at the same time knocking our boats to pieces and washing everything loose off the deck. There she lay like a log, the water rushed into her hold, and every moment we expected she would go down. Terror was depicted on every countenance. The only person who remained cool and ...

— Will Weatherhelm - The Yarn of an Old Sailor • W.H.G. Kingston

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