1. (

• panic ,
• terror ,
• affright

) an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety ;

2. (

• terror ,
• scourge ,
• threat

) a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of the neighborhood" ;

3. (

• terror ,
• brat ,
• little_terror ,
• holy_terror

) a very troublesome child ;

4. (

• terror

) the use of extreme fear in order to coerce people (especially for political reasons); "he used terror to make them confess" ;