terror : Idioms & Phrases

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holy terror

  • noun a very troublesome child
    terror; holy terror; brat.
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King of terrors

  • death. Job xviii. 14.
  • death.
Webster 1913

little terror

  • noun a very troublesome child
    terror; holy terror; brat.
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night terror

  • noun an emotional episode (usually in young children) in which the person awakens in terror with feelings of anxiety and fear but is unable to remember any incident that might have provoked those feelings
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Reign of Terror

  • noun any period of brutal suppression thought to resemble the Reign of Terror in France
  • noun the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed
    • the Reign of the Bourbons ended and the Reign of Terror began
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  • . (F. Hist.) See in Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
Webster 1913

sleep terror disorder

  • noun a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep
    pavor nocturnus.
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terror-stricken

  • adjective satellite struck or filled with terror
    terror-stricken.
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terror-struck

  • adjective satellite struck or filled with terror
    terror-stricken.
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