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n. Intense, overpowering fear. See Synonyms at fear.

n. One that instills intense fear: a rabid dog that became the terror of the neighborhood.

n. The ability to instill intense fear: the terror of jackboots pounding down the street.

n. Violence committed or threatened by a group to intimidate or coerce a population, as for military or political purposes.

n. Informal An annoying or intolerable pest: that little terror of a child.

n. intense dread, fright, or fear.

n. specific instances of being intensely terrified

n.  the action or quality of causing dread; terribleness, especially such qualities in narrative fiction

n.  something or someone that causes such fear.

n. Extreme fear; fear that agitates body and mind; violent dread; fright.

n. That which excites dread; a cause of extreme fear.

n. Extreme fear or fright; violent dread.

n. A person or thing that terrifies or strikes with terror; a cause of dread or extreme fear: often used in humorous exaggeration.

To fill with terror.

n. a very troublesome child

n. the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)

n. a person who inspires fear or dread

n. an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety

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king of terrors    reign of terror    day terrors    dismay    consternation    alarm    dread    fright   

terrify    terrible    terrific   

terrorism    terrorized    terrorize    terrorist    reign of terror    terrorizing   

dismay    consternation    alarm    dread    fright    fear   

bearer    carer    error    fairer    ferrer    preparer    rarer    sharer    standard-bearer    starer   

horror    anger    anxiety    dread    joy    panic    shame    shock    wonder    dismay