terror

/ˈtɛr.ər/

意味: 恐怖

例文: The dark cave filled Lena with terror.
　　  暗い洞窟がレナを恐怖で満たした。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: terror attack(テロ攻撃), spread terror(恐怖を広げる), live in terror(恐怖の中で生きる)

定義: 恐怖や強い不安を感じること、またはその状態。恐ろしい出来事や状況によって引き起こされる感情。

terrorは約50,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Noun: a person who inspires fear or dread
Noun: a very troublesome child
Noun: the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

Noun: he was the terror of the neighborhood
Noun: he used terror to make them confess

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): affright, brat, holy terror, little terror, panic, scourge, terror, threat

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): coercion, fear, imp, person

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, achiever, acquaintance, acquirer, active, actor, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adult, adventurer, adversary, advisee, advocate, affiant, african, agnostic, alarm, amateur, amerindian, ancient, anomaly, anti, anti-american, applicant, appointee, appreciator, apprehender, apprehension, aquarius, archaist, aries, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, authority, autodidact, baby boomer, baby buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, balker, bather, beard, bedfellow, bereaved, best, birth, biter, black, blogger, blond, bluecoat, bodybuilder, bomber, brunet, bullfighter, buster, cancer, candidate, capitalist, capricorn, captor, case, cashier, celebrant, censor, chameleon, changer, charmer, child, chutzpanik, closer, clumsy person, collector, color-blind person, combatant, commoner, communicator, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, contemplative, contestant, convert, copycat, counter, counterterrorist, coward, crawler, creator, creature, creditor, creeps, cripple, dancer, dead person, deaf person, debaser, debtor, defecator, delayer, deliverer, demander, dieter, differentiator, disentangler, disputant, dissenter, divider, domestic partner, double, dresser, dribbler, drug user, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, elizabethan, emotional person, endomorph, engineer, enjoyer, enrollee, entertainer, ethnic, experimenter, expert, explorer, extrovert, face, faddist, faller, fastener, female, fiduciary, first-rater, follower, free agent, friend, frisson, fugitive, gainer, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, gemini, gentile, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, hater, heterosexual, homosexual, homunculus, hope, hoper, horror, huddler, hugger, hysteria, immune, individualist, inhabitant, innocent, insured, intellectual, interpreter, intimidation, introvert, jat, jew, jewel, jumper, junior, juvenile, killer, kink, kneeler, knocker, knower, large person, latin, laugher, leader, learner, left-hander, leo, libra, life, lightning rod, linguist, literate, liver, longer, loose cannon, loved one, lover, machine, mailer, malcontent, male, man, man jack, manipulator, married, masturbator, measurer, mesomorph, mestizo, middlebrow, miracle man, misogamist, mixed-blood, modern, money handler, monolingual, mother hen, mouse, mutilator, namer, namesake, national, native, neglecter, neighbor, neutral, nondescript, nonmember, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonperson, nonreligious person, nonresident, nonsmoker, nonworker, nude, nurser, occultist, optimist, orphan, ostrich, ouster, outcaste, outdoorsman, owner, pamperer, panic, pansexual, pardoner, partner, party, passer, peer, perceiver, percher, person of color, personage, personification, perspirer, philosopher, picker, pisces, pisser, planner, player, posturer, powderer, precursor, preserver, primitive, propositus, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, radical, realist, rectifier, redhead, registrant, relative, reliever, religious person, repeater, rescuer, rester, restrainer, revenant, rich person, right-hander, riser, romper, roundhead, ruler, rusher, sagittarius, scare, scientist, scorpio, scratcher, second-rater, seeder, seeker, segregate, self, sensualist, sentimentalist, sex object, sex symbol, shaker, showman, signer, simpleton, six-footer, skidder, slav, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, snuffer, snuffler, socializer, sort, sounding board, sphinx, spitter, sport, sprawler, spurner, squinter, stage fright, stifler, stigmatic, stooper, stranger, struggler, subject, supernumerary, surrenderer, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, tapper, taurus, tempter, termer, terror, testator, thin person, third-rater, thrower, tiger, timidity, totemist, toucher, transfer, transsexual, transvestite, traveler, trier, turner, tyrant, undoer, unfortunate, unskilled person, unwelcome person, user, vanisher, victim, victorian, virgo, visionary, visually impaired person, waiter, waker, walk-in, wanter, ward, warrior, watcher, weakling, weasel, white, wiggler, winker, withholder, witness, worker, worldling, yawner

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): swivet, terrorism

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: affright, bratty, panic, panicky, terrify, terrorise, terrorist, terrorize

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: psychology

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: emotional

Grammatical Notes:

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: fear, negative