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horror
  1. (countable, uncountable) An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.
  2. (countable) An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
  3. (uncountable) A genre of fiction, meant to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
  4. (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; this sense can also be spoken or written as the horrors.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “I note with horror that scoundrels are attempting to infiltrate our systems.”
      “I must voice my horror that this should be allowed.”
      “He stooped and stared in horror at the thought of losing the keys again, this time in the toilet.”
horrible
  1. A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
  2. A person wearing a comic or grotesque costume in a parade of horribles.
horrour
  1. (hypercorrect) Misspelling of horror.
  2. Obsolete form of horror.
  3. Examples:
    1. “My friends and I are fine, but we shall never forget our horrour.”
      “Truly Time is a vast Denful of Horrour, round about which a Serpent winds and in the winding bites itself by the Tail.”
horrorcore
  1. (music) A subgenre of hip-hop music with horror-themed lyrics and imagery.
horrorfest
  1. (informal) A situation, event, film, etc. that is full of horror.
horrormeister
  1. (informal) A person renowned for producing works in the horror genre.
horribility
  1. The quality of being horrible.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Despite its lack of recognition in dictionaries, horribility accurately describes the dreadfulness and terrifying nature of that horror movie.”
horrendousness
horrifier
  1. One who, or that which, horrifies.
horribleness
  1. The property of being horrible.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Atomic bombs are horrible too but the horribleness of the idea of atomic bombs does not make the reality of such bombs go away.”
      “The horribleness of thus bidding for Bethulah flashed on me even as I spoke.”
      “After he betrayed Robb Stark, I spent two happy seasons crowing with glee every time Reek experienced some horribleness.”
horridness
  1. The quality of being horrid
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The horridness of the crime scene left the investigators speechless and disturbed.”
      “When the horridness of his actions came to light, he was shunned by friends and family.”
      “The horridness of the decaying food overwhelmed my senses as I entered the kitchen.”
horrow
  1. (nonstandard, rare) Alternative form of horror
  2. Examples:
    1. “In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horrow as a "transmedia" phenomenon. ”
      “The guide teaches readers how to cope with every kind of horrow movie obstacle, from ax-wielding psychopaths to haunted Japanese VHS tapes, and is full of illustrated instructions.”
      “Extensive coverage of the central thematic concerns and stylistic traits of Japanese horrow cinema makes this volume an indispensable text for a myriad of film and cultural studies courses. ”
horrification
  1. That which causes horror.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Much to Corrina's horrification, when she did realize what he had done, rather than push him away, she kissed him back.”
      “At a holiday party, to the horrification of those around me, I used my new phone as a coaster.”
      “By the time we passed Coxsackie, Willa was sleeping hard in the back, the horrification of the car, at least for now, forgotten.”
horrifications
  1. plural of horrification
horrormeisters
  1. plural of horrormeister
horriblenesses
horribilities
horrorfests
  1. plural of horrorfest
horridnesses
horrifiers
  1. plural of horrifier
horribles
  1. plural of horrible
  2. Examples:
    1. “Now that we have gotten over these multifarious horribles, we are obliged to ponder the bigger picture.”
      “The pot had previously simmered skate wings, cods' heads, whales, pigs' hearts and a long litany of other horribles.”
      “A lot of the possible horribles conjured up by the people objecting to this convention ignore the plain language of this treaty.”
horrours
  1. plural of horrour
horrors
  1. plural of horror
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Traditional values are so perverted by slavery that Sethe is driven to murder her own daughter to keep her from slavery's horrors.”
      “The show, which ended its seven-season run in May, began as a reification of the horrors of high school.”
      “The drama is in the emotional defences each soldier employs to survive the horrors they face.”
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