horror

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Pronunciation

• (America, Canada) IPA: /ˈhɔɹɚ/
• (New York, Philadelphia) IPA: /ˈhɑɹɚ/
• (RP, New England) IPA: /ˈhɒɹə/

Noun

horror

1. (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something horrible; that which excites horror.

   I saw many horrors during the war.

3. (countable, uncountable) Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
4. (uncountable) A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
5. (countable) An individual work in this genre.
   • 2006, Pierluigi on Cinema

     […] there were hastily produced B movies, such as the peplums, the spaghetti westerns, the detective stories, the horrors.

6. (countable, colloquial) A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.

   The neighbour's kids are a pack of little horrors!

7. (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
8. (plural, informal) Delirium tremens.

Synonyms

• nightmare

Related terms

• horrendous
• horrible
• horrid
• horrific
• horrifical
• horrification
• horrify

Translations

• French: horreur, effroi
• German: Angst, Furcht, Horror, Grauen, Greuel
• Portuguese: horror
• Russian: у́жас
• Spanish: horror

Translations

• French: dégoût, aversion
• Russian: отвраще́ние

Translations

• German: Horror
• Portuguese: horror
• Russian: у́жас

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