Enfant terrible
Enfant terrible noun - A person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs.
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Synonyms for Enfant terrible
Monster and enfant terrible are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Monster" instead a noun phrase "Enfant terrible".
Monster
Monster noun - A strange or horrible and often frightening creature.
Enfant terrible and monster are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Enfant terrible" instead a noun "Monster".
Nearby Words: monstrous, monstrously
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- terror and enfant terrible
- terror and monster
- rascal and enfant terrible
- rascal and monster
- rogue and enfant terrible
- rogue and monster
- scoundrel and enfant terrible
- scoundrel and monster
- beast and enfant terrible
- beast and monster
- brute and enfant terrible
- brute and monster
- fiend and enfant terrible
- fiend and monster
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- Enfant Terrible: Caligula's daughter, Julia Drusilla, is a savage little monster who kicks and tears at people with her nails and wishes she could kill her mother.
Source: Literature / I, Claudius - What makes it work is the fact that it plays its Enfant Terrible plot completely straight rather than for camp value, and never actually tells the viewers why the monster baby turned out the way it did, though the hints that it does drop are chilling.
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Monster and Enfant terrible. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/enfant_terrible/monster
Enfant terrible & Monster. N.p., 2016. Web. 27 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/enfant_terrible/monster>.
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