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| aghast |
filled with terror or consternation; shocked. |
| counterterror |
combined form of terror. |
| dire |
causing, likely to cause, or involving terror or suffering. [1/3 definitions] |
| dystopia |
an imagined state or society in which injustice, oppression, and often terror are the norm and in which, typically, a totalitarian form of government has control over all aspects of life. (Cf. utopia.) [1/2 definitions] |
| horrific |
causing terror; dreadful; horrifying. |
| make one's hair stand on end |
to strike with terror or fear. |
| panic |
a sudden, usu. irrational terror that often provokes wild behavior and spreads to many other individuals. [1/6 definitions] |
| petrify |
to daze or paralyze, as with terror or astonishment. [1/4 definitions] |
| specter |
a ghost or apparition, esp. one that causes dread or terror. [1/2 definitions] |
| terrible |
creating terror, fear, or horror. [1/3 definitions] |
| terrific |
causing strong, intense fear or terror; terrifying. [1/3 definitions] |
| terrified |
filled with great fear or terror. |
| terrify |
to fill with great fear or terror. |
| terrifying |
causing great fear or terror. |
| terrorize |
to cause to feel or be overcome by terror; terrify. [1/2 definitions] |
| terrorless |
combined form of terror. |
| terror-stricken |
overcome by terror; extremely frightened; terrified. |
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