Horror
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɒɹ.ə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Horror is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
Meaning
(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
More Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Something horrible; that which excites horror.
- (countable, uncountable) Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
- (uncountable) A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
- (countable, colloquial) A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
- (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
- (in the plural, informal) Delirium tremens.
Example Sentences
I saw many horrors during the war.
Could there be stories with more horror than these?
A well-received Johnny Fuller R & B horror called "Haunted House."
Their swarthy Hosts wou'd darken all our Plains, / Doubling the native Horror of the War, / And making Death more grim.
Word Forms
- horrors
- horrour
Synonyms for horror
Depending on context, synonyms include nightmare, revulsion, repulsion, repugnance.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include repugnance, revulsion, repulsion, terror, fear, scary.
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