\Ter"ror\, n. [L. terror, akin to terrere to frighten,
for tersere; akin to Gr. ? to flee away, dread, Skr. tras to
tremble, to be afraid, Russ. triasti to shake: cf. F.
terreur. Cf. {Deter}.]
1. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent
   dread; fright.
         Terror seized the rebel host.         --Milton.
2. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.
         Those enormous terrors of the Nile.   --Prior.
         Rulers are not a terror to good works. --Rom. xiii.
                                               3.
         There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats.
                                               --Shak.
Note: Terror is used in the formation of compounds which are
      generally self-explaining: as, terror-fraught,
      terror-giving, terror-smitten, terror-stricken,
      terror-struck, and the like.
{King of terrors}, death. --Job xviii. 14.
{Reign of Terror}. (F. Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted
   Names in Fiction.
Syn: Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See
     {Alarm}.