horror

(hôr'ər, hŏr'-)
n.

1. An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear. See synonyms at fear.
2. Intense dislike; abhorrence.
3. A cause of horror.
4. Informal. Something unpleasant, ugly, or disagreeable: That hat is a horror.
5. 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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noun

1. Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger: affright, alarm, apprehension, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, funk, panic, terror, trepidation. Slang cold feet. Idioms: fear and trembling. See fear/courage.
2. Extreme hostility and dislike: abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, aversion, detestation, hate, hatred, loathing, repellence, repellency, repugnance, repugnancy, repulsion, revulsion. See love/hatred.
3. An object of extreme dislike: abhorrence, abomination, anathema, aversion, bête noire, bugbear, detestation, execration, hate. See love/hatred.

n

Definition: fear, revulsion
Antonyms: beauty, delight, miracle, pleasure, wonder

Quotes:

"One might say that the true subject of the horror genre is the struggle for recognition of all that our civilization represses and oppresses." - Robin Wood

"Where there is no imagination there is no horror." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots." - Isak Dinesen

"I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots." - Isak Dinesen

"I think of horror films as art, as films of confrontation. Films that make you confront aspects of your own life that are difficult to face. Just because you're making a horror film doesn't mean you can't make an artful film." - David Cronenberg

For a list of words related to horror, see:

• Genres and Types of Pictures - horror: films with strange, frightening events that threaten characters, esp. those emphasizing bloodshed or supernatural forces

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rædsel, afsky, afskyelighed

idioms:

• horror of horrors    alle rædslers rædsel

Nederlands (Dutch)
afschuw, gruwel, huivering, verschrikking, engerd, (doods)angst, stuipen, horror (filmgenre)

Français (French)
n. - horreur, monstre (une personne), horreur (une chose laide)

idioms:

• horror of horrors    l'horreur des horreurs

Deutsch (German)
n. - Grausen, Entsetzen, Horror, Greuel, Scheusal

idioms:

• horror of horrors    das Allerentsetzlichste

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φρίκη, τρόμος

idioms:

• horror of horrors    οποία φρίκη!

Italiano (Italian)
orrore, peste

idioms:

• horror of horrors    abominazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - horror (m), terror (m)

idioms:

• horror of horrors    horror (m) dos horrores

Русский (Russian)
ужас, отвращение

idioms:

• horror of horrors    страшный кошмар

Español (Spanish)
n. - aborrecimiento, horror, angustia, ansia, diablo, pavor

idioms:

• horror of horrors    horror de los horrores

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fasa, skräck, avsky, frosskakning (med.), deppighet, b) delirium

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
惊骇, 惨事, 恐怖

idioms:

• horror of horrors    最恐怖的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 驚駭, 慘事, 恐怖

idioms:

• horror of horrors    最恐怖的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 공포, 혐오, 병적인 떨림

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 恐怖, 嫌悪, 実にひどいもの, 惨事, ぞっとする感じ

idioms:

• horror of horrors    恐怖中の恐怖

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رعب, اشمئزاز شديد, شئ مرعب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אימה, זוועה, חלחלה, אסוו, מפלצת‬

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