· an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
Hypernym(s): fear, fearfulness, fright
· a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood"
Hypernym(s): person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
· a very troublesome child
Synonym(s): brat, little_terror, holy_terror
Hypernym(s): imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag
· the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons); "he used terror to make them confess"
Hypernym(s): coercion