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 Definitions of Horror  [ˈhɔr ər, ˈhɒr-]  

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Definition of 'Horror' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) horror
an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear:
to shrink back in horror.

2.  horror
anything that causes such a feeling.

3.  horror
a strong aversion; abhorrence.

4.  horror
Informal. something considered bad or tasteless:
That wallpaper is a horror.

5.  horror
Informal.

6.  horror
extreme depression.

7. (adj.) horror
inspiring or creating horror or loathing:
a horror movie.

8. (interj.) horror
horrors, (used as a mild expression of dismay, surprise, disappointment, etc.)

Etymology:  (1520–30; < L, =horr(ēre) to bristle with fear +-or -or1)

Definition of 'Horror' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) horror
intense and profound fear

2. (noun) horror
something that inspires dislike; something horrible
"the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"

3. (noun) repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, horror
intense aversion


Definition of 'Horror' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) horror
a feeling of great shock and fear, or sth that makes you feel this
She looked at the body in horror.; the horrors of life in a war zone

2.  horror
a type of writing for film or books that is intended to frighten audiences
a horror movie

3.  horror
horror story
sb's account of sth unpleasant that happened to them
horror stories about buying things on the Internet that never arrive


Definition of 'Horror' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Horror
a bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement

2. (noun) Horror
a shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor

3. (noun) Horror
a painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking

4. (noun) Horror
that which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness


Translation of 'Horror' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: great fear or dislike
She has a horror of spiders; She looked at me in horror.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afsku Arabic flag Arabic: رُعْب، هَلَع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ужас
Brazilian flag Brazilian: horror Czech flag Czech: hrůza German flag German: das Entsetzen
Danish flag Danish: skræk; rædsel; væmmelse Greek flag Greek: τρόμος, φρίκη Spanish flag Spanish: horror
Estonian flag Estonian: hirm Farsi flag Farsi: وحشت Finnish flag Finnish: kauhu
French flag French: horreur Hebrew flag Hebrew: אֵימָה Hindi flag Hindi: डरावना
Croatian flag Croatian: groza, strava Hungarian flag Hungarian: rettegés Indonesian flag Indonesian: kengerian
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ógn, skelfing; hryllingur Italian flag Italian: orrore Japanese flag Japanese: 恐怖
Korean flag Korean: 공포 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: siaubas, pasibaisėjimas Latvian flag Latvian: šausmas; riebums; pretīgu
Malay flag Malay: perasaan takut yang amat Dutch flag Dutch: afschuw Norwegian flag Norwegian: skrekk, forferdelse, avsk
Polish flag Polish: wstręt, groza Persian flag Persian: وحشت Pashto flag Pashto: وحشت
Portuguese flag Portuguese: horror Romanian flag Romanian: groază Russian flag Russian: отвращение;ужас
Slovak flag Slovak: hrôza Slovenian flag Slovenian: groza Serbian flag Serbian: strah
Swedish flag Swedish: fasa, skräck, avsky Thai flag Thai: ความหวาดกลัว Turkish flag Turkish: dehşet, korku
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 極大恐懼,極端厭惡 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: жах; огида Urdu flag Urdu: خوف اور بیزاری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự ghê sợ Chinese flag Chinese: 极端厌恶

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