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hor·ror (hôr′ər, här′-)

noun

  1. Obsolete a shuddering
  2. the strong feeling caused by something frightful or shocking; shuddering fear and disgust; terror and repugnance
  3. strong dislike or aversion; loathing
  4. the quality of causing horror
  5. something that causes horror
  6. Informal something very bad, ugly, disagreeable, etc.

Etymology: ME horrour < OFr < L horror < horrere, to bristle: see horrid

adjective

intended to cause horror horror movies
horror Idioms

the horrors

Informal a fit of extreme nervousness, panic, depression, revulsion, etc.

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horror Synonyms

horror

n.

  1. Dread

    awe, terror, fright; see fear 2.

  2. Abhorrence

    aversion, dislike, loathing; see hate, hatred 1.


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horror Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • Nazism: They joined many others who had already fled from the horrors of Nazism and Fascism that had engulfed most of Europe.

Converse of object

  • perpetrate: The Eastern Europeans have not forgotten the horrors perpetrated upon them by the Turks.

Adjective modifier

  • unspeakable: The local people lived in great fear and suffering, bearing witness to unspeakable horror of senseless killings and torture.

Modifies a noun

  • movie: I really enjoy doing horror movies - I really enjoy doing any movies.

Noun used with modifier

  • sci-fi: The story is pretty much your usual sci-fi horror fare, with little in the way of surprises.
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horror quotes

It must be soöPlato, thou reason'st well!ö Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man. Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought!

-Addison,Joseph

Such days and moments pass, in ways that this one has not, but there's a weary strength in experience, even in the midst of horror.

-Angell, Roger

He cried inawhisperat some image, at some visionöhe cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath: 'The horror! The horror!'

-Korzeniowski

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