horror

Definition of horror in English English dictionary: An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance; (The horrors, informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; A literary genre, generally of a gothic character; An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence; {n} terror, dread, dreariness; An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; You can refer to an account of a very unpleasant experience or event as a horror story. a horror story about lost luggage while flying; You can refer to extremely unpleasant or frightening experiences as horrors. Can you possibly imagine all the horrors we have undergone since I last wrote you?; {i} terror, fear; dismay, shock; atrocity, abomination, something horrible; Horror is a feeling of great shock, fear, and worry caused by something extremely unpleasant. As I watched in horror the boat began to power away from me. = terror; 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; That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness; something that inspires horror; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"; A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement; intense and profound fear; intense aversion; A horror film or story is intended to be very frightening. a psychological horror film; A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking; If you have a horror of something, you are afraid of it or dislike it very much. his horror of death; The horror of something, especially something that hurts people, is its very great unpleasantness. the horror of this most bloody of civil wars; something that inspires horror; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him" intense and profound fear
horror autotoxicus: autoimmunity
horror movie: A film dominated by elements of horror
horror movies: plural form of horror movie
horror story: An unpleasant or distressing experience
horror-struck: horrified so as to be overwhelmed or incapacitated
horror vacui: In physics the horror vacui stands for a theory initially proposed by Aristotle stating that nature "fears" empty space. Therefore empty space would always be trying to suck in gas or liquids to avoid being empty. The theory was for a long time widely accepted and still supported by Galileo Galilei. His pupil Evangelista Torricelli stated in 1644 that the level of mercury in a closed tube was dependent on the pressure of surrounding air. In 1647 Blaise Pascal proved this notion in his famous vide dans le vide ("emptiness in emptiness")-experiment. The Magdeburg Hemispheres by Otto von Guericke were in 1650 further proof that Aristotle's theory was not correct. (see more on this topic in history of thermodynamics)
horror vacui: A fear or dislike of leaving empty spaces, especially in an artistic composition
horror film: {i} movie dominated by elements of horror that frighten and/or shock the audience
horror movie: 'horror .film a film in which strange and frightening things happen
horror movies: movies dominated by elements of horror that frighten and/or shock the audience
horror stories: stories that frighten and/or shock the reader
horror story: Story intended to elicit a strong feeling of fear. Such tales are of ancient origin and form a substantial part of folk literature. They may feature supernatural elements such as ghosts, witches, or vampires or address more realistic psychological fears. In Western literature, the literary cultivation of fear and curiosity for its own sake emerged in the 18th century with the gothic novel. Classic practitioners of the horror and gothic genres include Horace Walpole, Mary Shelley, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Edgar Allan Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-73), Wilkie Collins, Bram Stoker, Ambrose Bierce, and Stephen King
horror-stricken: Horror-stricken means the same as horror-struck
horror-struck: If you describe someone as horror-struck or horror-stricken, you mean that they feel very great horror at something that has happened. `What is the matter with Signora Anna?' he whispered, horror-struck at her vacant face. = appalled. 'horror-.stricken suddenly very shocked and frightened
body horror: A genre of horror fiction based around the graphic destruction or alteration of the body
survival horror: A video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources (few health or ammunition refills) in a dangerous setting like that of a horror film
horrors: {i} extreme nervous depression, severe anxiety (Informal); delirium tremens
horrors: plural of horror
indescribable horror: something so terrible it cannot be described in words
screams of horror: loud and dreadful screams
sheer horror: extreme fear, disastrous
shock horror: A shock horror story is presented in a way that is intended to cause great shock or anger. The media is full of shock-horror headlines about under-age crime. = sensational
shock horror: feelings You can say shock horror! in reaction to something that other people may find shocking or surprising, to indicate that you do not find it shocking or surprising at all. I felt intellectually superior despite -- shock horror -- my lack of qualifications

horror

Hyphenation

hor·ror

Turkish pronunciation

hôrır

Synonyms

nightmare, abhorrence, abomination, alarm, antipathy, apprehension, aversion, awe, chiller, consternation, detestation, disgust, dislike, dismay, dread

Antonyms

beauty, delight, miracle, pleasure, wonder

Pronunciation

/ˈhôrər/ /ˈhɔːrɜr/

Etymology

[ 'hor-&r, 'här- ] (noun.) 14th century. From Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”) horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”).

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