terror

CEFRB1

/ˈtɛɹ.ɚ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Extreme fear caused by danger or violence.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Something or someone that causes such fear.

Examples

  • One student says the purge is still going on in China and terror is widespread.

  • The frightened boy's voice was shaking with terror.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈte.ɹə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.

  2. Intense dread, fright, or fear.

  3. A night terror.

More examples

In context

  • Helen shrieked with terror.

  • I have a terror math teacher.

  • the War on Terror

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From late Middle English terrour, from Old French terreur f (“terror, fear, dread”), from Latin terror (“fright, fear, terror”), from terrēre (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old Latin tr̥reō, from Proto-Italic *trozeō, from Proto-Indo-European *tre- (“to shake”), *tres- (“to tremble”).