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Horror

noun
/ˈhɔɹɚ/
Word Frequency: 10.0

Definitions

1.nounAn intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
2.nounSomething horrible; that which excites horror.
"I saw many horrors during the war."
3.nounIntense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
4.nounA genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
5.nounAn individual work in this genre.
6.nounA nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
"The neighbour's kids are a pack of little horrors!"
7.nounAn intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
8.noun(plural) Delirium tremens.

Synonyms

nightmarerepugnancerevulsionrepulsionterrorfearscaryscarehorrifyinganxietyhorribledread

Rhymes With

restorercorn borerrhorerabhor heradore herbefore herbohrerbore her
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