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terror — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dread verb To feel great fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen.
  • terror noun Intense fear.

Senses

terror is used for these senses in English:

  • dread Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.

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).

terror — full definition

  1. noun Intense fear.
  2. noun Violence intended to create widespread fear, especially for political ends.
  3. noun A person or thing that causes great fear, or (informally) a badly behaved person.

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