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horror
/ˈhoɹɚ/
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What does horror mean?
noun
- An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- Something horrible; that which excites horror.
- Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
- An individual work in this genre.
- A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
- (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
- (informal) Delirium tremens.
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IPA pronunciation
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She could have met all the men on the Divide there, and welcome, if only she hadn’t brought this horror on him.
I cried in cold horror, something of Terry’s feeling creeping over me, that there must be something wrong among these many virtues.
More book examples (3)
And then, with a renewed horror, I saw a round, black object bobbing up and down on the edge of the pit.
When he heard the sound of my approach, he ceased to utter exclamations of grief and horror and sprung towards the window.
These young girls, reared by these nuns between four walls, grew up with a horror of the world and of the age.