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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hor•ror /ˈhɔrɚ, ˈhɑr-/USA pronunciation n. - [uncountable] overwhelming distress caused by something shocking, terrifying, or revolting.
- anything that causes such a feeling:[countable]the horrors of trench warfare.
- a strong fear or dislike of something:[countable]a horror of firearms.
- Informal Terms something that inspires revulsion:[countable]That wallpaper is a horror.
adj. [before a noun] - inspiring horror:a horror movie.
interj. - horrors, This word is used to express mild dismay, surprise, disappointment, etc.:Horrors! Back again, eh?
See -horr-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hor•ror (hôr′ər, hor′-),USA pronunciation n. - 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. - 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. - Informal Termssomething considered bad or tasteless:That wallpaper is a horror. The party was a horror.
- Informal Terms horrors:
- See delirium tremens.
- extreme depression.
adj. - 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.
interj. - horrors, (used as a mild expression of dismay, surprise, disappointment, etc.)
- Latin horrōr-, stem of horror
- Anglo-French
- Latin horror, equivalent. to horr- (stem of horrēre to bristle with fear; see horrendous) + -or -or1; replacing Middle English orrour
- 1520–30
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dread, dismay, consternation. See terror.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged loathing, antipathy, detestation, hatred, abomination.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged serenity.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged attraction.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: horror /ˈhɒrə/ n - 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
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin: a trembling with fear; compare hirsute |