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horror

noun
/ˈhɒɹ.ə/UK/ˈhɔɹ.ɚ/CA/ˈhɑɹ.ɚ/

Etymology

From Middle English horer, horrour, from Old French horror, from Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”). Displaced native Old English ōga.

  1. derived from horror
  2. derived from horror
  3. inherited from horer

Definitions

  1. An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.

    • Their swarthy Hosts wou'd darken all our Plains, / Doubling the native Horror of the War, / And making Death more grim.

  2. Something horrible

    Something horrible; that which excites horror.

    • I saw many horrors during the war.
    • Could there be stories with more horror than these?

  3. Intense dislike or aversion

    Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.

    • “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […] ”
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.

      • Those who enjoy horror, stories overflowing with blood and black mystery, will be grateful to Richard Marsh for writing ‘The Beetle.’
      • A well-received Johnny Fuller R & B horror called "Haunted House."
      • […] there were hastily produced B movies, such as the peplums, the spaghetti westerns, the detective stories, the horrors.

    2. A nasty or ill-behaved person

      A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.

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

    3. An intense anxiety or a nervous depression

      An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.

    4. Delirium tremens.

      • `My belief is that he had the horrors without knowin' it.'

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Derived

analog horror, analogue horror, Belsen horror, body horror, chamber of horrors, digital horror, dry horrors, ecohorror, Eurohorror, folk horror, fridge horror, horror autotoxicus, horror chamber, horrorcore, horrorfest, horror film, horror flick, horrorful, horrorist, horrorize, horrormeister, horrormonger, horror movie, horror of horrors, horrorous, horror punk, horrorscope, horror show, horror-show, horrorsome, horror story, horror-stricken, horror-struck, horrorthon, horror-thriller, horror vacui, horrorzine, house of horrors, J-horror, K-horror · +9 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for horror. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA