as in demons
a source of persistent emotional distress
after the death of her father, fear of developing cancer became one of the terrors of her life
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Recent Examples of terrors
The violence, however, is nothing compared to the overall creature effects with the show’s new cast of extraterrestrial terrors.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
Less accomplished drivers experiencing one of Renault’s tiny terrors (nearly a foot shorter than the original Mazda Miata) for the first time will be delighted, but soon realize that the car’s close-ratio gearbox demands that the engine be revved, and turbo lag comes along for every ride.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
As the temperature rises underground, this highly contagious and rapidly mutating microorganism multiplies and unleashes its brain-controlling, body-bursting terrors on the facility’s inhabitants – human and otherwise.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
But that doesn’t save her from experiencing many terrors, or her doubting mother Laras from still worse travails.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Virginia Woolf’s wild run of creativity in her 40s included writing her masterpiece on the terrors and triumphs of middle age.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
The most recent entry, Evil Dead Rise, stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland as two sisters trapped in a high-rise apartment as their family is possessed by supernatural terrors.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Watch Egerton discuss his airline travel terrors in the clip above.
—EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
What chasm separates me and those who saw these images when the terrors seemed real and insurmountable?
—Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
Less accomplished drivers experiencing one of Renault’s tiny terrors (nearly a foot shorter than the original Mazda Miata) for the first time will be delighted, but soon realize that the car’s close-ratio gearbox demands that the engine be revved, and turbo lag comes along for every ride.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
As the temperature rises underground, this highly contagious and rapidly mutating microorganism multiplies and unleashes its brain-controlling, body-bursting terrors on the facility’s inhabitants – human and otherwise.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025
But that doesn’t save her from experiencing many terrors, or her doubting mother Laras from still worse travails.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Virginia Woolf’s wild run of creativity in her 40s included writing her masterpiece on the terrors and triumphs of middle age.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
The most recent entry, Evil Dead Rise, stars Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland as two sisters trapped in a high-rise apartment as their family is possessed by supernatural terrors.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Watch Egerton discuss his airline travel terrors in the clip above.
—EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
What chasm separates me and those who saw these images when the terrors seemed real and insurmountable?
—Emmanuel Iduma, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for terrors
demons
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But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Having been beaten by Iga Świątek in a historically dominant fashion in the Wimbledon final, Anisimova banished some of those demons by beating the Polish star in the quarterfinals to advance to the final four.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Terrors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrors. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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