| noun | an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety |
| noun | a person who inspires fear or dread “he was the terror of the neighborhood” |
| noun | a very troublesome child |
| noun | the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons) “he used terror to make them confess” |
| panicky | adjective | thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation |
| panic | verb | cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic |
| terrorist | noun | a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities |
| terrorize | verb | coerce by violence or with threats |
| terrorise | verb | coerce by violence or with threats |
| terrify | verb | fill with terror; frighten greatly |
| affright | verb | cause fear in |
| bratty | adjective | (used of an ill-mannered child) impolitely unruly |