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
Fletcher, who has been touring a number of the world’s hot spots, used his first trip to Haiti to meet with victims of the gangs’ terrors.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
The violence, however, is nothing compared to the overall creature effects with the show’s new cast of extraterrestrial terrors.
—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
Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
The violence, however, is nothing compared to the overall creature effects with the show’s new cast of extraterrestrial terrors.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for terrors
demons
Noun
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The destination of where Tanjiro and Demon Slayer Corps have fallen is the demons' stronghold -- the Infinity Castle.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Despite specifying various antics with pills, a belt-as-noose, and a gun, Cloud has given him no real demons to explore.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Terrors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrors. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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