terror

Nouns

  • (n) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety affright, panic,
  • (n) a person who inspires fear or dread
    • he was the terror of the neighborhood
    scourge, threat,
  • (n) a very troublesome child brat, holy terror, little terror,
  • (n) the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons)
    • he used terror to make them confess

Synonyms

affright panic scourge threat brat holy terror little terror

Words of close approximity

terry
terrorisation terrorise terrorism terrorist terrorist act terrorist attack terrorist cell terrorist group terrorist organization terrorization terrorize terror-stricken terror-struck