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   horror

   /ˈhɒrə/

   noun

   • 1. an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust: "children screamed in horror" Similar terrorfearfear and tremblingfearfulnessfrightalarmpanicdreadtrepidationOpposite delight
   • ▪ a thing causing a feeling of horror: "photographs showed the horror of the tragedy" Similar awfulnessfrightfulnesscrueltysavagerygruesomenessghastlinesshideousnessatrocityoutragecrimebarbarity
   • ▪ a literary or film genre concerned with arousing feelings of horror: "a horror film"
   • ▪ intense dismay: "to her horror she found that a thief had stolen the machine" Similar dismayconsternationperturbationalarmdistressdisgustoutrageshockOpposite satisfaction
   • ▪ used to express dismay: humorous "horrors, two buttons were missing!"
   • ▪ intense dislike: "many have a horror of consulting a dictionary"
   • ▪ an attack of extreme nervousness or anxiety: "the mere thought of it gives me the horrors"
   • 2. a bad or mischievous person, especially a child: informal "that little horror Zach was around" Similar rascaldevilimpmonkeyscampinformal:terrorholy terrorscallywagperishertykescallionvarminthellionarchaic:scapegracerapscallion

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin horror, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder’ (see horrid).

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