horror
An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
Other meanings
Something horrible; that which excites horror.
“I saw many horrors during the war.”
Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
Related words
- Belsen horror
- chamber of horrors
- dry horrors
- horror film
- horror movie
- horror show
- horror story
- psychological horror
- survival horror
- body horror
- fridge horror
- horror autotoxicus
Word history
From Latin "horror".
Where this comes from
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