Terror

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Synonyms: Alarm; fright; consternation; dread; dismay. See Alarm.