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terror

//ˈtɛɹɚ//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Note for terror

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Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: terrors

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative: more terror
Superlative: most terror

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.Intense dread, fright, or fear.
- The terrors with which I was seized […] were extreme.
2.The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
3.Something or someone that causes such fear.
4.Terrorism.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.A strict teacher who fails most of the students.(slang)
- I have a terror math teacher.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #2924

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Related words

Word family

terrorism
terrorist

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tres-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti

Proto-Italic *trozeō

Latin terreō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -or

Latin terrorbor.

Old French terreur

Middle French terreurbor.

Middle English terrour

English terror

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”).

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Wiktionary (Wiktextract) (CC BY-SA)
Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Overall

By learning goal

Word family

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.