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τρόμος — meaning in English

tromos

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English meaning

  • consternation noun Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
  • dread verb To feel great fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen.
  • horror noun A strong feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
  • terror noun Intense fear.

Senses

τρόμος is used for these senses in English:

  • consternation Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
  • horror (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
  • terror (countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
  • terror (countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.

dread — full definition

  1. verb To feel great fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen.
  2. noun A strong feeling of fear or anxiety about something.
  3. adj Causing great fear; dreaded (used mainly in older or literary English).

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