Calm and Terror

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Calm noun - A state of freedom from storm or disturbance.

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Terror is an antonym for calm in quietness topic.

Nearby Words: calmness, calmed, calming, calmly

Terror noun - A source of persistent emotional distress.

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Calm is an antonym for terror in intense fear topic.

complete	complete calm	complete terror
utter	utter calm	utter terror
total	total calm	total terror
extreme	extreme calm	extreme terror
Other adjectives: supernatural, general, deathly.

Said guard screams in terror as the calm, docile serpents slowly slither onto his lap and over his shoulder.

Source: Terrifying Pet Store Rat
While he narrates in a calm voice, talking about being a Contractor and thus rational enough to overcome fear, you see the cat shaking in terror, and when Mao talks about making a clever, rational choice, he... meows.

Source: Unreliable Voiceover
SIN arrives, spreads terror, Summoner gets Final Summon and spectacularly fights it, defeats it, dies in the process, several years of Calm follows, then SIN resurfaces and it all repeats again.

Source: Eternal Recurrence

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