terrorised
Kept in fear
Terrorised is the British spelling of terrorized, the past tense and past participle of terrorize.
To terrorise is to fill with terror or to coerce through fear and intimidation: The gang terrorised the neighbourhood for months.
Someone terrorised has been subjected to systematic frightening or violent threats.
Emotional response to threat
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
petrified · frightened · haunted · paranoia · nightmares · phobia · trepidation · apprehension
fear
Emotional response to threat
anxiety · petrified · frightened · haunted · paranoia · nightmares · phobia · trepidation · apprehension · distress
panic
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- stampedeFrenzied mass flight
mayhem · bedlam · turmoil · frenzy · pandemonium · evacuation · screaming · fleeing · disorder · upheaval
terrorisedreassured
Had confidence restored
comforted · calmed · soothed · emboldened · encouraged
- terrorist attackViolence for political intimidation
- domestic terrorismPolitically motivated violence by citizens
- terrorist cellClandestine group planning attacks
- terrorist actsViolence to spread fear
- homegrown terrorismNative-born political violence
- cyber terrorismInternet-based political violence