Horror - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhɔːrər|  American pronunciation of the word horror
Brit.  |ˈhɒrə|  British pronunciation of the word horror

noun

- intense and profound fear
- something that inspires horror; something horrible
the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him
- intense aversion (syn: repugnance, repulsion, revulsion)

Extra examples

There was a look of horror on her face.

The crowd watched in horror as the fire spread.

His friends were shocked by the horror of his death.

His crimes were unspeakable horrors.

His memoirs recount the horrors of the war.

She expressed her horror at the crime.

Staff watched in horror as he set himself alight.

Many people recoil with horror when they see a big spider like this.

To my horror, I realised my shirt was wet with blood.

You should have seen the look of horror on his face.

He's a writer of horror stories.

He shrank in horror when he saw the dead cat.

...our video collection consists chiefly of comedies, but we have a few horror movies...

...a fable about personal redemption presented in the garb of a conventional horror story...

...a bad horror movie from the 1950s about a glutinous blob that devoured Manhattan...

Word forms

noun
singular: horror
plural: horrors
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