Definitions for Horror
ˈhɔr ər, ˈhɒr-Hor·ror

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. horror(noun)

   intense and profound fear

2. horror(noun)

   something that inspires dislike; something horrible

   "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"

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

   intense aversion

Wiktionary(3.50 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. horror(Noun)

   An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.

2. horror(Noun)

   An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.

3. horror(Noun)

   A literary genre, generally of a gothic character.

4. horror(Noun)

   (The horrors, informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Horror(noun)

   a bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement

   Etymology: [Formerly written horrour.]

2. Horror(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [Formerly written horrour.]

3. Horror(noun)

   a painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking

   Etymology: [Formerly written horrour.]

4. Horror(noun)

   that which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness

   Etymology: [Formerly written horrour.]

Freebase(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Horror

   Horror is a film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears. Horror films often feature scenes that startle the viewer; the macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Thus they may overlap with the fantasy, supernatural, and thriller genres. Horror films often deal with the viewer's nightmares, hidden fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage, commonly of supernatural origin, into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, demons, vicious animals, monsters, zombies, cannibals, and serial killers. Conversely, movies about the supernatural are not necessarily always horrific.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.83 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Horror

   hor′ur, n. a shuddering: excessive fear: that which excites horror.—adjs. Horr′or-strick′en, -struck, struck with horror.—The horrors, extreme depression: delirium tremens. [L.—horrēre, to bristle.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Horror' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4278

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Horror' in Nouns Frequency: #1543

How to pronounce Horror?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Horror in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Horror in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Horror in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Horror in a Sentence

1. Actor Bradley Cooper:

   It is a movie about what someone like Chris, a soldier, has to go through and the dilemma and the horror of it and the battle internally and with the family.

2. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   In the usual (though certainly not in every) public decision on economic policy, the choice is between courses that are almost equally good or equally bad. It is the narrowest decisions that are most ardently debated. If the world is lucky enough to enjoy peace, it may even one day make the discovery, to the horror of doctrinaire free-enterprisers and doctrinaire planners alike, that what is called capitalism and what is called socialism are both capable of working quite well.

3. Mike Huskins:

   If he was tied up ... maybe something like that was happening, i don't know ... maybe he was tied up. I pray to God she's not going through horror.

4. Jacek Sledzinski:

   When I heard the news about the franc my first reaction was disbelief. Then came slight horror - what would happen next.

5. Hal Buell:

   The horror of war, that photo will always be a symbol of that concept.

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