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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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threat
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: thr?t, IPA(key): /???t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English threte, thret, thrat, thræt, threat, from Old English þr?at (“crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure, trouble, calamity, oppression, force, violence, threat”), from Proto-Germanic *þrautaz, closely tied to Proto-Germanic *þraut? (“displeasure, complaint, grievance, labour, toil”), from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to squeeze, push, press”), whence also Middle Low German dr?t (“threat, menace, danger”), Middle High German dr?z (“annoyance, disgust, horror, terror, fright”), Icelandic þraut (“struggle, labour, distress”), Latin tr?d? (“push”, verb).
Noun
threat (plural threats)
- An expression of intent to injure or punish another.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3
- There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3
- An indication of potential or imminent danger.
- A person or object that is regarded as a danger; a menace.
Usage notes
Adjectives at least commonly used along with the noun: existential, possible
Derived terms
- idle threat
Related terms
- threaten
- threatening
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English threten, from Old English þr?atian (“to press, oppress, repress, correct, threaten”). Akin to Middle Dutch dr?ten (“to threaten”).
Verb
threat (third-person singular simple present threats, present participle threating, simple past and past participle threated)
- (transitive) To press; urge; compel.
- (transitive, archaic) To threaten.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:
- An hideous Geant horrible and hye, / That with his talnesse seemd to threat the skye […]
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, V. i. 37:
- O yes, and soundless too; / For you have stolen their buzzing, Antony, / And very wisely threat before you sting.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vii:
- (intransitive) To use threats; act or speak menacingly; threaten.
Anagrams
- Hatter, hatter, rateth, that're
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