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horror
[hawr-er, hor-]
noun
an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear.
to shrink back from a mutilated corpse in horror.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:anything that causes such a feeling.
killing, looting, and other horrors of war.
such a feeling as a quality or condition.
to have known the horror of slow starvation.
a strong aversion; abhorrence.
to have a horror of emotional outbursts.
Synonyms: , , , ,Antonyms:Informal.something considered bad or tasteless.
That wallpaper is a horror. The party was a horror.
Informal.horrors,
extreme depression.
adjective
inspiring or creating horror, loathing, aversion, etc..
The hostages told horror stories of their year in captivity.
centered upon or depicting terrifying or macabre events.
a horror movie.
interjection
horrors, (used as a mild expression of dismay, surprise, disappointment, etc.)
horror
/ ˈɒə /
noun
extreme fear; terror; dread
intense loathing; hatred
(often plural) a thing or person causing fear, loathing, etc
(modifier) having a frightening subject, esp a supernatural one
a horror film
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of horror1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of horror1
Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
It would be an American horror story, he told me.
Despite her decades of work in front of the camera, she's still disquieted by horror films.
And, yes, the most common takeaway remains: Parents have no idea what’s going on with their teenagers — though “horror” is in the eye of the beholder.
“I remember the horror of it from the very start,” Patterson says.
Bush expressed the shock and horror many Americans felt.
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