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hor·ror
(hôr′ər, hŏr′-)n.
1.
a. An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear.
b. A state or condition marked by this feeling: stood in horror looking at the scene. See Synonyms at fear.
2. An intense dislike or abhorrence: had a horror of being forced to play charades at the party.
3. A cause of horror: "The creature that had seemed a horror in its box was, up close, a figure of sorrow" (Paul Theroux).
4.
a. A genre of fiction or other artistic work evoking suspense and horror, especially through the depiction of gruesome or supernatural elements.
b. A work of this genre.
5. Informal One that is unpleasant, ugly, or disagreeable: That hat is a horror.
6. horrors Informal Intense nervous depression or anxiety. Often used with the.
[Middle English horrour, from Old French horreur, from Latin horror, from horrēre, to tremble.]
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horror
(ˈhɒrə)n
1. extreme fear; terror; dread
2. intense loathing; hatred
3. (often plural) a thing or person causing fear, loathing, etc
4. (modifier) having a frightening subject, esp a supernatural one: a horror film.
[C14: from Latin: a trembling with fear; compare hirsute]
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hor•ror
(ˈhɔr ər, ˈhɒr-)n.
1. an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear: to shrink back in horror.
2. anything that causes such a feeling.
3. a strong aversion; abhorrence.
4. Informal. something considered bad or tasteless: That wallpaper is a horror.
5. horrors, Informal.
adj. b. extreme depression.
6. inspiring or creating horror or loathing: a horror movie.
interj. 7. horrors, (used as a mild expression of dismay, surprise, disappointment, etc.)
[1520–30; < Latin, =horr(ēre) to bristle with fear + -or -or1]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
horror
- horrible, horror, horrid - Horrible, horror, and horrid are from Latin horrere, "stand on end" (hair) or "tremble, shudder," and the original sense of horrid was "bristly, shaggy, rough."
- horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid - In decreasing degree of horror: horrific, horrendous, horrible, horrid.
- pant - The shock that makes you "gasp" is behind the word pant, from Latin phantasiare, "gasp in horror."
- terror, horror - Terror is stronger than horror, though it usually lasts for a shorter time.
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| Noun | 1. |  horror - intense and profound fear fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
| 2. | horror - something that inspires dislike; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him" thing - an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was" | |
| 3. | horror - intense aversion disgust - strong feelings of dislike |
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horror
noun
1. terror, fear, alarm, panic, dread, dismay, awe, fright, apprehension, consternation, trepidation I felt numb with horror.
2. hatred, disgust, loathing, aversion, revulsion, antipathy, abomination, abhorrence, repugnance, odium, detestation his horror of death
hatred liking, love, delight, approval, attraction, affinity
hatred liking, love, delight, approval, attraction, affinity
3. atrocity, awfulness, cruelty, outrage, ghastliness, gruesomeness, frightfulness, savageness the horror of this most bloody of civil wars
4. (Informal) rascal, terror (informal), devil, monkey, monster, perisher (Brit. informal), scamp, holy terror (informal) They can be little horrors though, little children, can't they?
Quotations
"Where there is no imagination there is no horror" [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet]
"Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life" [Jean Giraudoux The Enchanted]
"The horror! The horror!" [Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness]
"Where there is no imagination there is no horror" [Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet]
"Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life" [Jean Giraudoux The Enchanted]
"The horror! The horror!" [Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
horror
noun1. Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger:
Slang: cold feet.
Idiom: fear and trembling.
2. Extreme hostility and dislike:
3. Informal. An object of extreme dislike:
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Translations
رُعْب، هَلَعشَخْصٌ مُتْعِب جدافَزَع
hrůzapostrach
rædselskrækvæmmelse
kauhu
strava
rémségrettegés
ógn, skelfing; hryllingurviîbjóîur, hryllingur
恐怖
공포
keliantis siaubąpasibaisėjimas
briesmonispretīgumsriebumsšausmas
groza
fasa
ความเลวร้ายมาก
sự ghê rợn
horror
[ˈhɒrəʳ]A. N
1. (= terror, dread) → horror m, pavor m; (= loathing, hatred) → horror m
to have a horror of → tener horror a
to my horror I discovered I was locked out → descubrí con horror que me había dejado las llaves dentro
then, to my horror, it moved! → luego ¡qué susto!, se movió
the horrors of war → los horrores de la guerra
that gives me the horrors → eso me pone los pelos de punta
horrors! → ¡qué horror!
to have a horror of → tener horror a
to my horror I discovered I was locked out → descubrí con horror que me había dejado las llaves dentro
then, to my horror, it moved! → luego ¡qué susto!, se movió
the horrors of war → los horrores de la guerra
that gives me the horrors → eso me pone los pelos de punta
horrors! → ¡qué horror!
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
horror
[ˈhɒrər] n (= terror) → horreur f
in horror → avec horreur
to my horror → à ma grande horreur
to have a horror of sth → avoir horreur de qch
in horror → avec horreur
to my horror → à ma grande horreur
to have a horror of sth → avoir horreur de qch
(= ghastliness) → horreur f
the horrors of war → les horreurs de la guerrehorror film horror movie n → film m d'épouvantehorror story n → histoire f d'épouvantehorror-stricken [ˈhɒrərstrɪkən] adj → horrifié(e)horror-struck adj → horrifié(e)horror writer n → auteur m d'épouvantehors d'œuvre [ˌɔːrˈdɜːvrə] n → hors-d'œuvre m inv
the horrors of war → les horreurs de la guerrehorror film horror movie n → film m d'épouvantehorror story n → histoire f d'épouvantehorror-stricken [ˈhɒrərstrɪkən] adj → horrifié(e)horror-struck adj → horrifié(e)horror writer n → auteur m d'épouvantehors d'œuvre [ˌɔːrˈdɜːvrə] n → hors-d'œuvre m inv
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
horror
n
→ Entsetzen nt, → Grauen nt; (= strong dislike) → Horror m (→ of vor +dat); to have a horror of something → einen Horror vor etw (dat) → haben; to have a horror of doing something → einen Horror davor haben, etw zu tun; he has a horror of growing old → er hat eine panische Angst vor dem Altwerden, ihm graut vor dem Altwerden; she shrank back in horror → sie fuhr entsetzt zurück; they watched in horror → sie sahen entsetzt zu; a scene of horror → ein Bild nt → des Grauens
attr → Horror-; horror film or movie (esp US) → Horrorfilm m; horror story → Horrorgeschichte f; most people have a horror story about holidays → fast jeder kann eine Horrorgeschichte aus dem Urlaub erzählen; horror scenario → Horrorszenario nt; horror trip (inf) → Horrortrip m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
horror
[ˈhɒrəʳ] n (terror, dread) → spavento, terrore m; (loathing, hatred) → orrore m (fam) → peste fhe ran away in horror → è scappato terrorizzato
to have a horror of → avere il terrore di
that gives me the horrors (fam) → quello mi fa venire i brividi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
horror
(ˈhorə) noun1. great fear or dislike. She has a horror of spiders; She looked at me in horror.
2. a disagreeable person or thing. Her little boy is an absolute horror.
ˈhorrible adjective1. causing horror; dreadful. a horrible sight.
2. unpleasant. What a horrible day!
ˈhorribleness nounˈhorribly adverb
ˈhorrid (-rid) adjective
1. unpleasant. That was a horrid thing to say.
2. dreadful. a horrid shriek.
horrific (həˈrifik) adjective terrible; terrifying. a horrific accident; a horrific journey.
ˈhorrify (-fai) verb to shock greatly. Mrs Smith was horrified to find that her son had a tattooed chest.
ˈhorrifying adjectiveKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
horror
→ فَزَع hrůza rædsel Entsetzen φρίκη horror kauhu horreur strava orrore 恐怖 공포 verschrikking redsel przerażenie horror ужас fasa ความเลวร้ายมาก dehşet sự ghê rợn 恐怖Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009