horror

The definition of a horror is something scary or the feeling of being scared.

(noun)

An example of a horror is a terrifying haunted house.

Horror means scary.

(adjective)

An example of horror used as an adjective is in the phrase "horror movie," which means a movie that is made to scare people.

See horror in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

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

adjective

intended to cause horror: horror movies

See horror in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear. See Synonyms at fear.
Intense dislike; abhorrence.
A cause of horror.
Informal Something unpleasant, ugly, or disagreeable: That hat is a horror.
horrors Informal Intense nervous depression or anxiety. Often used with the.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English horrour

Origin: , from Old French horreur

Origin: , from Latin horror

Origin: , from horrēre, to tremble

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