holy terror

noun

: a child who behaves very badly

Examples of holy terror in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web She may be dressed like a gyaru street punk, but Swinton conducts herself like a holy terror from a previous century who’s been waited on by servants all her life — and that’s amusing, up to a point. Peter Debruge, Variety, 14 Mar. 2023

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“Holy terror.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holy%20terror. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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