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Extreme fear or horror

The state or quality of being awful or horrid

An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition

A person that causes extreme fear or trouble

A person, especially a child, that causes mischief or annoyance

The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create public fear

A cause of great distress or misfortune

A person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance

Extreme and irrational distrust of others

(narratology) A technique of having something occur suddenly to frighten the audience

A noisy or disorderly person

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Extreme fear or horror

butterflies in the stomach

fight-or-flight reaction

scepticism^UK

skepticism^US

heart skipping a beat

furore^UK

furor^US

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“A victim of nuisance youths has described how he waits in terror for what they will do next.”

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The state or quality of being awful or horrid

“The terror of the situation is somehow interwoven with this silence.”

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An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition

spectre^UK

specter^US

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

overwhelming anxiety about

thing about

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“Even then, this public fear is only a surrogate for one's real personal terror.”

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A person that causes extreme fear or trouble

jailbird^US

gaolbird^UK

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“At nineteen, Jeremiah McAuley was a thief and the terror of the New York waterfront.”

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A person, especially a child, that causes mischief or annoyance

phony^US

phoney^UK

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“The mother then grabbed the candy her little terror had just stripped from the shelves at the checkout aisle.”

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The deliberate commission of an act of violence to create public fear

rancour^UK

rancor^US

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A cause of great distress or misfortune

trials and tribulations

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A person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance

offence^UK

offense^US

burr under someone's saddle

burr in someone's saddle

source of aggravation

trials and tribulations

chip on your shoulder

a thorn in someone's side

labor^US

labour^UK

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Extreme and irrational distrust of others

Noun

(narratology) A technique of having something occur suddenly to frighten the audience

startle reflex trigger

startle response trigger

Noun

A noisy or disorderly person

member of a criminal gang

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