Category:Terror

Ter"ror, n. Etym: [l. terror, akin to terrere to frighten, for Tersere; akin to gr. tras to tremble, to be afraid, russ. triasti to Shake: cf. F. terreur. Cf. Deter.]

1. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; Fright. Terror seized the rebel host. Milton.

2. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear. Those enormous terrors of the nile. Prior. Rulers are not a terror to good works. Rom. xiii. 3. There is no terror, cassius, in your threats. Shak.

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. Job xviii. 14. -- reign of terror. (f. Hist.) See in dictionary of noted names in Fiction.

Syn. -- alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See alarm.