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terror
English
Alternative forms
- terrour (obsolete or hypercorrect)
Etymology
From late Middle English terrour, from Old French terreur (“terror, fear, dread”), from Latin terror (“fright, fear, terror”), from terr?re (“to frighten, terrify”), from Proto-Indo-European *tre- (“to shake”), *tres- (“to tremble”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?t???/, in some accents IPA(key): /?t??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t???/
- Rhymes: -???(?), -??(?)
- Hyphenation: ter?ror
- Homophones: tare, tear (some American accents)
- Homophones: terra, Terra (non-rhotic accents)
Noun
terror (countable and uncountable, plural terrors)
- (countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fear
- 1794, William Godwin, Things as they are; or, The adventures of Caleb
- The terrors with which I was seized […] were extreme.
- (uncountable) The action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction.
- 1921, Edith Birkhead, The tale of terror: a study of the Gothic romance
- (countable) Something or someone that causes such fear.
- 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The terrors of the storm
- 1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson
- (uncountable) terrorism
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- alarm
- fright
- consternation
- dread
- dismay
References
- terror at OneLook Dictionary Search
- terror in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- terror in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- terror in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- rorter
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin terror, terrorem.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /t??ro/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /te?ro?/
Noun
terror m or f (plural terrors)
- terror, horror
Danish
Noun
terror c (singular definite terroren, not used in plural form)
- terror
References
- “terror” in Den Danske Ordbog
Galician
Etymology
From Latin terror.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t??ro?]
Noun
terror m (plural terrores)
- terror
- Synonyms: espanto, horror, pavor
Related terms
References
- “terror” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “terror” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “terror” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English terror, from Latin terror.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?r?or]
- Hyphenation: ter?ror
- Rhymes: -or
Noun
terror (plural terrorok)
- terror (especially the action or quality of causing dread)
- Synonym: megfélemlítés
Declension
Derived terms
- terrortámadás
References
Further reading
- terror in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Latin
Etymology
From terre? (“frighten, terrify”) +? -or.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ter.ror/, [?t??r??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ter.ror/, [?t??r??r]
Noun
terror m (genitive terr?ris); third declension
- a dread, terror, great fear, alarm, panic
- an object of fear or dread
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- terror in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- terror in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English terror, from Latin terror.
Noun
terror m (definite singular terroren, uncountable)
- terror
Derived terms
- terrorangrep
- terrorhandling
- terrorregime
References
- “terror” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English terror, from Latin terror.
Noun
terror m (definite singular terroren, uncountable)
- terror
Derived terms
- terrorhandling
- terrorregime
References
- “terror” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From English terror, from Old French terreur (“terror, fear, dread”), from Latin terror (“fright, fear, terror”), from terr?re (“to frighten, terrify”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?.rr?r/
Noun
terror m inan
- (politics) terror (policy of political repression and violence intended to subdue political opposition)
Declension
Derived terms
- (verbs) terroryzowa?, strerroryzowa?
- (nouns) terrorysta, terrortystka, terroryzm
- (adjective) terrorystyczny
- (adverb) terrorystycznie
Further reading
- terror in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- terror in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin terror, terrorem.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /t?.??o?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /te.??o?/
Noun
terror m (plural terrores)
- terror (intense fear)
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 493:
- Os olhos do elfo se arregalavam de terror e ele tremia.
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 493:
- (Brazil, slang) a very troublesome person or thing
- Você é um terror, garoto! - You're naughty, boy!
- Esses bandidos são um terror - Those criminals are terrible!
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:terror.
Derived terms
- aterrorizar
- terrorismo
- terrorista
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin terror, terrorem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /te?ro?/, [t?e?ro?]
Noun
terror m (plural terrores)
- horror (genre)
- terror
Derived terms
Related terms
- terrible
Further reading
- “terror” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Noun
terror c
- terror
Declension
Related terms
- terrordåd
- terrorhandling
- terrorism
- terrorist
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abomination
English
Alternative forms
- abhomination (obsolete)
- abominacioun (obsolete)
Etymology
First attested around 1350. From Middle English abominacioun, from Middle French abomination (“horror, disgust”), from Late Latin ab?min?ti? (“abomination”); ab (“away from”) + ?min?r? (“prophesy, foreboding”), from ?men (“omen”). Doublet of abominatio.abominate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /??b?m.??ne?.?n?/, /??b?m.??ne?.?n?/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
abomination (countable and uncountable, plural abominations)
- (countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
- (uncountable) The feeling of extreme disgust and hatred [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- Synonyms: abhorrence, aversion, detestation, disgust, loathing, loathsomeness, odiousness
- (obsolete, uncountable) A state that excites detestation or abhorrence; pollution. [Attested from around 1350-1470 to the late 15th century.]
- (countable) That which is abominable, shamefully vile; an object that excites disgust and hatred; very often with religious undertones. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- Synonym: perversion
Translations
References
- abomination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
From Late Latin abominationem
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.b?.mi.na.sj??/
Noun
abomination f (plural abominations)
- Something vile and abominable; an abomination.
- (chiefly religion) Revulsion, abomination, disgust.
Further reading
- “abomination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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