Meaning & use
terror
Intense, overwhelming fear, or a person or thing that causes such fear.
See it in a sentence
Pure terror gripped the passengers as the plane suddenly dropped in altitude.
The masked figure at the door was a terror to the trick-or-treaters.
A note on using this word
Terror describes fear far more intense than ordinary 'fear', and it is also used for violent acts intended to spread fear, as in 'terror attack'.
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Words with an opposite meaning
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