NIGHT TERROR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("night terror" is a kind of...):

drama; dramatic event (an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional)

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