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Horror Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Horror? [n] something that inspires horror; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him" [n] intense aversion [n] intense and profound fear Synonyms \| Synonyms for Horror: repugnance \| repulsion \| revulsion Related Terms \| Find terms related to Horror: abhorrence \| abject fear \| abomination \| affright \| alarm \| allergy \| angst \| animosity \| animus \| antagonism \| antipasto \| antipathy \| anxiety \| apprehension \| aversion \| awe \| blue funk \| bogey \| bogeyman \| bugaboo \| bugbear \| clawing \| cold sweat \| consternation \| cowardice \| creeping flesh \| cruciation \| crucifixion \| detestation \| disgust \| dislike \| dismay \| distaste \| distress \| Dracula \| dread \| enmity \| execration \| fear \| fear and trembling \| fee-faw-fum \| Frankenstein \| fright \| frightener \| funk \| ghost \| ghoul \| hate \| hatred \| hell \| hell upon earth \| hobgoblin \| holocaust \| holy terror \| horrification \| hostility \| incubus \| laceration \| lancination \| loathing \| martyrdom \| monster \| mortal horror \| nausea \| nervousness \| nightmare \| odium \| ogre \| ogress \| pain \| panic \| panic fear \| passion \| persecution \| perturbation \| phantom \| phobia \| purgatory \| queasiness \| rack \| rancor \| repugnance \| repulsion \| revenant \| revulsion \| scare \| scarebabe \| scarecrow \| scarer \| shock \| shuddering \| specter \| stampede \| succubus \| terror \| torment \| torture \| trepidation \| trepidity \| uneasiness \| unholy dread \| upset \| vampire \| werewolf \| whet \| Wolf-man \| wrench See Also \| disgust \| fear \| fearfulness \| fright \| thing Horror In Webster's Dictionary \Hor"ror\, n. [Formerly written horrour.] [L. horror, fr. horrere to bristle, to shiver, to tremble with cold or dread, to be dreadful or terrible; cf. Skr. h?sh to bristle.] 1. A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement. [Archaic] Such fresh horror as you see driven through the wrinkled waves. --Chapman. 2. A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor. 3. A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking. How could this, in the sight of heaven, without horrors of conscience be uttered? --Milton. 4. That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness. Breathes a browner horror on the woods. --Pope. {The horrors}, delirium tremens. [Colloq.]

Horror Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Horror?

[n] something that inspires horror; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"
[n] intense aversion
[n] intense and profound fear

Synonyms | Synonyms for Horror: repugnance | repulsion | revulsion

Horror In Webster's Dictionary

\Hor"ror\, n. [Formerly written horrour.] [L. horror, fr.
horrere to bristle, to shiver, to tremble with cold or dread,
to be dreadful or terrible; cf. Skr. h?sh to bristle.]
1. A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous
   movement. [Archaic]

         Such fresh horror as you see driven through the
         wrinkled waves.                       --Chapman.

2. A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit
   which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill
   of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an
   algor.

3. A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a
   shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling
   inspired by something frightful and shocking.

         How could this, in the sight of heaven, without
         horrors of conscience be uttered?     --Milton.

4. That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom;
   dreariness.

         Breathes a browner horror on the woods. --Pope.

{The horrors}, delirium tremens. [Colloq.]

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