to live in terror of sth — vivere nel terrore di qc
she's a terror on the roads — al volante è un pericolo pubblico
you little terror! — piccola peste!
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
Ter|ror — «TEHR uhr», noun. 1. great fear: »The child has a terror of thunder. SYNONYM(S): fright, alarm, dread, consternation. 2. a cause of great fear: »Pirates were once the terror of the sea. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats (Shakespeare).… … Useful english dictionary
ter|ror — «TEHR uhr», noun. 1. great fear: »The child has a terror of thunder. SYNONYM(S): fright, alarm, dread, consternation. 2. a cause of great fear: »Pirates were once the terror of the sea. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats (Shakespeare).… … Useful english dictionary
ter´ror|iz´er — ter|ror|ize «TEHR uh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to fill with terror: »The sight of the growling dog terrorized the little child. SYNONYM(S): terrify. 2. to rule or subdue by causing terror. SYNONYM(S): browbeat, intimidate.… … Useful english dictionary
ter´ror|i|za´tion — ter|ror|ize «TEHR uh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to fill with terror: »The sight of the growling dog terrorized the little child. SYNONYM(S): terrify. 2. to rule or subdue by causing terror. SYNONYM(S): browbeat, intimidate.… … Useful english dictionary
ter|ror|ize — «TEHR uh ryz», transitive verb, ized, iz|ing. 1. to fill with terror: »The sight of the growling dog terrorized the little child. SYNONYM(S): terrify. 2. to rule or subdue by causing terror. SYNONYM(S): browbeat, intimidate. –ter´ror|i|za´tion … Useful english dictionary
ter|ror|ism — «TEHR uh rihz uhm», noun. 1. the act of terrorizing; use of terror, especially the systematic use of terror by a government or other authority against particular persons or groups. 2. a condition of fear and submission produced by frightening… … Useful english dictionary
ter|ror|is|tic — «TEHR uh RIHS tihk», adjective. using or favoring methods that inspire terror … Useful english dictionary
ter|ror|less — «TEHR uhr lihs», adjective. 1. free from terror. 2. without terrors … Useful english dictionary
ter·ror — /ˈterɚ/ noun 1 : a very strong feeling of fear [noncount] The sound of guns being fired fills me with terror. There was a look of (sheer) terror on her face. Many civilians fled in terror. They lived in … Useful english dictionary
Terror — 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;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
terror — ter·ror n: an intense fear of physical injury or death inflict terror by forced entry or unlawful assembly; also: the infliction of such fear an act of terror Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
