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Definitions for horror
ˈhɔr ər, ˈhɒr-hor·ror
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Princeton's WordNet
horrornoun
intense and profound fear
horrornoun
something that inspires dislike; something horrible
"the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"
repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, horrornoun
intense aversion
Wiktionary
horrornoun
An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.
horrornoun
An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
horrornoun
A literary genre, generally of a gothic character.
horrornoun
(The horrors, informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression.
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horror
Horror is a genre of literature, film, or other forms of media that is designed to evoke feelings of fear, dread, disgust, or terror in the audience. It often involves themes of death, the supernatural, evil, or the unknown, with the intent to shock, scare or thrill. Horror is also used to describe any situation or real-life event that is extremely distressing, disturbing, or terrifying.
Webster Dictionary
Horrornoun
a bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement
Horrornoun
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
Horrornoun
a painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking
Horrornoun
that which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness
Etymology: [Formerly written horrour.]
Wikidata
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
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.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'horror' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4278
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'horror' in Nouns Frequency: #1543
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of horror in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of horror in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of horror in a Sentence
Horror is life and death situations constantly.
It was like out of a horror movie, i still see that little girl's face in my mind.
I knocked on several neighbors' doors, no answer, i run to the exit, open the doors that lead to the outside stairwell and saw the devastation. The beachside of Champlain had collapsed, pancaked. I screamed in horror.
Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones:
Horror on earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.
I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.
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- رعبArabic
- страх, жахBelarusian
- Grauen, Angst, Furcht, HorrorGerman
- φρίκηGreek
- hororoEsperanto
- horrorSpanish
- وحشتPersian
- täpinät, kauhukirjallisuus, kauhu, inho, kammoFinnish
- aversion, dégoût, effroi, horreurFrench
- uafásIrish
- kengerianIndonesian
- 恐れ, 恐怖, ホラーJapanese
- 무서움, 두려움, 공포Korean
- horrorLatin
- HorrorPortuguese
- отвраще́ние, ужа́стик, омерзе́ние, у́жас, страх, хо́ррор, боя́зньRussian
- страх, жахUkrainian
- ghê rợn, khiếpVietnamese
- 恐怖Chinese
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