terror
Intense dread, fright, or fearIntense dread, fright, or fear.
» Most young people don't know the terror of war.
Молодёжь большей частью не знает ужасов войны.
Більшість молоді не знає жахіть війни.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)Intense dread, fright, or fear.
Schrecken, Grauen, schreckliche Furcht
у́жасúžas, у́жасúžas
жахžax
a person who inspires fear or dread
(uncountable)The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
(countable)Something or someone that causes such fear.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
(uncountable)Terrorism.
a terror attack
the War on Terror
тера́ктterákt, терро́рterrór, террори́змterrorízm
тера́ктterákt, теро́рterór, терори́змterorýzm
(countable)A night terror.
Examples
131 sentencesMost young people don't know the terror of war.
Більшість молоді не знає жахіть війни.
ruМолодёжь большей частью не знает ужасов войны.
When we saw the animal so near us, we ran away in terror.
Коли ми побачили цю тварину настільки близько до нас, то втекли нажахані.
deAls wir das Tier so nahe bei uns sahen, liefen wir vor Schreck davon.
She screamed with terror.
ruОна вскрикнула от ужаса.
deSie schrie vor Schreck.
Tom screamed in terror.
ruТом в ужасе вскрикнул.
Tom was paralyzed with terror.
deTom war vor Schreck gelähmt.
Translations
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Origin
From late Middle English terrour, from Old French terreur f (“terror, fear, dread”), fromFrom 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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Forms
plural: terrorsSynonyms
11 synonyms- a very troublesome child:brat-nlittle terrorholy terror
- a person who inspires fear or dread:scourgethreat
- an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety:panicaffright
Word family
44 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable