terror
noun
[ ˈtɛrə ]
• extreme fear.
• "people fled in terror"
Similar:
extreme fear,
dread,
horror,
fear and trembling,
fright,
trepidation,
alarm,
panic,
shock,
funk,
• a person, especially a child, who causes trouble or annoyance.
Similar:
rascal,
devil,
imp,
monkey,
wretch,
scamp,
mischief-maker,
troublemaker,
horror,
holy terror,
perisher,
spalpeen,
tyke,
scally,
varmint,
hellion,
scapegrace,
rapscallion,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French terrour, from Latin terror, from terrere ‘frighten’.
