Definitions for horrorˈhɔr ər, ˈhɒr-

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. horror(noun)

    intense and profound fear

  2. horror(noun)

    something that inspires dislike; something horrible

    "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"

  3. repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, horror(noun)

    intense aversion


  1. horror(Noun)

    An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.

  2. horror(Noun)

    An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.

  3. horror(Noun)

    A literary genre, generally of a gothic character.

  4. horror(Noun)

    (The horrors, informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Horror(noun)

    a bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement

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  4. Horror(noun)

    that which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness

  5. Origin: [Formerly written horrour.]


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Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Horror

    hor′ur, n. a shuddering: excessive fear: that which excites horror.—adjs. Horr′or-strick′en, -struck, struck with horror.—The horrors, extreme depression: delirium tremens. [L.—horrēre, to bristle.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'horror' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4278

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'horror' in Nouns Frequency: #1543


  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of horror in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of horror in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

  1. French President Francois Hollande:

    It is horror, a state of emergency will be declared.

  2. Hal Buell:

    The horror of war, that photo will always be a symbol of that concept.

  3. Mehmet Murat ildan:


  4. Alisha Armstrong:

    This was something that you see and hear in horror movies. This is a nightmare.

  5. Donna Davis:

    It was like out of a horror movie, i still see that little girl's face in my mind.

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