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| Main Entry: | terror |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intense fear |
| Synonyms: | alarm, anxiety, awe, consternation, dismay, dread, fright, horror, intimidation, panic, shock, trepidation, fearfulness, trepidity |
| Notes: | terror is stronger than horror, though it usually lasts for a shorter time |
| Antonyms: | cheer, glee, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amazement |
| Synonyms: | admiration, apprehension, astonishment, consternation, dread, esteem, fear, fright, horror, regard, respect, reverence, shock, stupefaction, terror, veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship |
| Antonyms: | calmness, coolness, expectation, familiarity, intimacy, steadiness |
| Main Entry: | consternation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismay, distress |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amazement, anxiety, awe, bewilderment, confusion, distraction, dread, fear, fright, horror, muddle, panic, shock, stupefaction, terror, trepidation, wonder, muddlement, perplexity, trepidity |
| Antonyms: | calm, composure, happiness, tranquility, peacefulness |
| Main Entry: | dismay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointed feeling; distress |
| Synonyms: | agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, blue funk, blues*, bummer*, chagrin, cold feet*, consternation, discouragement, downer*, dread, dumps*, fear, fright, funk*, hassle, horror, letdown, panic, terror, trepidation, upset, disheartenment, disillusionment, the blahs |
| Antonyms: | assurance, confidence, encouragement, happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dread |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear |
| Synonyms: | affright, alarm, apprehension, aversion, awe, cold feet*, consternation, dismay, fright, funk*, goose bumps*, horror, jitters, panic, phobia, stage fright, terror, trepidation, creeps, trepidity, worriment |
| Antonyms: | bravery, confidence, courage, encouragement, want, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fear |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alarm, apprehension |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, agitation, angst, anxiety, aversion, awe, bête noire, cold feet*, concern, consternation, cowardice, despair, dismay, disquietude, distress, doubt, dread, foreboding, fright, funk*, horror, jitters, misgiving, nightmare, panic, phobia, presentiment, qualm, reverence, revulsion, scare, suspicion, terror, timidity, tremor, trepidation, uneasiness, worry, chickenheartedness, cold sweat, creeps, discomposure, faintheartedness, recreancy, trembling, unease |
| Antonyms: | bravery, courage, heroism, unconcern, fearlessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | horror |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear, revulsion |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, alarm, antipathy, apprehension, aversion, awe, consternation, detestation, disgust, dislike, dismay, dread, fright, hate, hatred, loathing, monstrosity, panic, repugnance, terror, trepidation, chiller |
| Antonyms: | beauty, delight, miracle, pleasure, wonder |
| Main Entry: | nuisance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance; annoying person |
| Synonyms: | blister, bore, bother, bum*, creep, drag*, drip*, exasperation, frump, gadfly, headache*, inconvenience, infliction, insect*, irritant, irritation, louse, nag*, nudge*, offense, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, pester, pill*, plague, problem, terror, trouble, vexation, besetment, botheration, botherment, pesterer, poor excuse |
| Antonyms: | delight, happiness, pleasantry, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | phobia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fear |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, aversion, avoidance, awe, detestation, disgust, dislike, distaste, dread, fear, hang-up*, hatred, horror, loathing, neurosis, obsession, repulsion, resentment, revulsion, terror, thing*, irrationality, thing about |
| Antonyms: | liking, love |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rowdy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is boisterous, noisy |
| Synonyms: | bully, hellion, hooligan, lout, punk, roughneck, ruffian, terror*, troublemaker, brawler |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | frightened state |
| Synonyms: | alarm, alert, fright, panic, shock, start, terror |
| Antonyms: | calmness, comfort, ease |
| Main Entry: | scourge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plague, torment |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bane, correction, curse, infliction, misfortune, penalty, pest, pestilence, punishment, terror, visitation |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, delight, happiness |
| Main Entry: | trepidation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxiety, worry |
| Synonyms: | agitation, alarm, apprehension, blue funk, cold feet*, consternation, dismay, disquiet, disturbance, dread, emotion, excitement, fear, fright, goose bumps*, horror, jitters, nervousness, palpitation, panic, perturbation, shock, terror, uneasiness, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, trepidity, worriment |
| Antonyms: | calm, contentment, happiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | holy terror |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disruptive child |
| Synonyms: | enfant terrible, terror, troublemaker, little terror, whippersnapper |
| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling of sudden fear |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, apprehension, cold feet*, consternation, dismay, distress, dread, fright, horror, nervousness, panic, scare, strain, stress, tension, terror, trepidation, uneasiness, unease |
| Antonyms: | assurance, calmness, composure, confidence, peace, repose, security, quietness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fright |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme apprehension |
| Synonyms: | alarm, consternation, dismay, dread, fear, horror, panic, scare, shiver, shock, terror, trepidation, cold sweat, quaking, trepidity |
| Antonyms: | fearlessness |
| Main Entry: | panic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme fright |
| Synonyms: | agitation, alarm, cold feet*, confusion, consternation, crush, dismay, dread, fear, frenzy, horror, hysteria, jam, rush, scare, stampede, terror, trepidation |
| Antonyms: | calm, confidence, contentment, security, collectedness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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