night terror
Noun
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
Source: WordNetSynonyms
bane
abyss
bogey
difficulty
disaster
blow
burden
curse
despair
catastrophe
nightmare
calamity
anguish
affliction
adversity
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