Horror Definition
hôrər, hŏr-
horrors
noun
horrors
A shuddering.
Webster's New World
The strong feeling caused by something frightful or shocking; shuddering fear and disgust; terror and repugnance.
Webster's New World
A state or condition marked by this feeling.
Stood in horror looking at the scene.
American Heritage
Strong dislike or aversion; loathing.
Webster's New World
The quality of causing horror.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Of the horror genre.
A matinee of horror movies.
Webster's New World
idiom
the horrors
- a fit of extreme nervousness, panic, depression, revulsion, etc.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Horror
Noun
Singular:
horrorPlural:
horrorsIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Horror
- the horrors
Origin of Horror
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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”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English horrour from Old French horreur from Latin horror from horrēre to tremble
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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