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Noun [English]
IPA: /ĖhÉɹ.É/ [New-England, Received-Pronunciation], /ĖhÉɹ.É/ [Canada, General-American], /ĖhÉɹ.É/ [New-York-City, Philadelphia], /ĖhÉÉ/ (note: some accents)
Audio: en-us-horror.ogg ā¶ļø [US]
Forms: horrors [plural]
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(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
Tags: countable, uncountable
Categories (topical): Fear
Translations (intense distressing fear or repugnance): tmerr [masculine] (Albanian), Ų±ŁŲ¹ŁŲØ (ruŹb) [masculine] (Arabic), Ų®ŁŁŁŁ (įøµawf) [masculine] (Arabic), Õ½Õ”ÖÕ½Õ”Ö (sarsapŹæ) (Armenian), Õ”Õ° (ah) (Armenian), vahimÉ (Azerbaijani), dÉhÅÉt (Azerbaijani), Š¶Š°Ń
(žax) [masculine] (Belarusian), ŃŃŃŠ°Ń
(strax) [masculine] (Belarusian), ą¦ą¦Æą¦¼ (bhoįŗ) (Bengali), ŃĢŠ¶Š°Ń (Ćŗžas) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ŃŃŃŠ°Ń
(strah) [masculine] (Bulgarian), horror [masculine] (Catalan), ęę (kĒngbĆ¹) (Chinese Mandarin), ęę¼ (Chinese Mandarin), ęę§ (kĒngjĆ¹) (Chinese Mandarin), hrÅÆza [feminine] (Czech), gru (Danish), rƦdsel (Danish), gruwel [masculine] (Dutch), Ƶudus (Estonian), kauhu (Finnish), kammo (Finnish), hirveys (Finnish), horreur [masculine] (French), effroi [masculine] (French), horror [masculine] (Galician), į”įįØįįįįįįį (saÅ”ineleba) (Georgian), Angst [feminine] (German), Furcht [feminine] (German), Horror [masculine] (German), Grauen [neuter] (German), Greuel [masculine] (German), šæššš¹š»š¼š“š¹ (usfilmei) [feminine] (Gothic), ĻĻĻĪ¼ĪæĻ (trĆ³mos) [masculine] (Greek), ×Öµ××Öø× (Ć©ima) [feminine] (Hebrew), ą¤¦ą¤¹ą¤¶ą¤¤ (dahÅat) [feminine] (Hindi), ą¤ą¤¤ą¤ą¤ (Ätaį¹
k) [masculine] (Hindi), ą¤ą¤Æ (bhay) [masculine] (Hindi), borzalom (Hungarian), Ć³gn [feminine] (Icelandic), horor (Indonesian), uafĆ”s [masculine] (Irish), orrore [masculine] (Italian), ęę (kyÅfu) (alt: ććććµ) (Japanese), ęć (osore) (alt: ććć) (Japanese), ŅŠ¾ŃŅŃŠ½ŃŃ (qorqynyÅ) (Kazakh), įįįįį¶įįįįįį (pheirÄÉŹ¼viÉrÉm) (Khmer), ź³µķ¬ (gongpo) (alt: ęę) (Korean), ė¬“ģģ (museoum) (Korean), ėė ¤ģ (duryeoum) (Korean), ŠŗŠ¾ŃŠŗŃŠ½ŃŃ (korkunuc) (Kyrgyz), horror [masculine] (Latin), Å”ausmas [feminine] (Latvian), siaubas (Lithuanian), Å”iurpas (Lithuanian), ŃĢŠ¶Š°Ń (Ćŗžas) [masculine] (Macedonian), ŃŃŃŠ°Š² (strav) [masculine] (Macedonian), Š°Š¹Š¼ŃŠøŠ³ (ajmÅ”ig) (Mongolian), gru [feminine] (Norwegian BokmĆ„l), redsel [masculine] (Norwegian BokmĆ„l), orror (Occitan), Åga [masculine] (Old English), ŲÆŁŲ“ŲŖ (dahÅ”at) [masculine] (Pashto), ŁŲŲ“ŲŖ (vahÅ”at) (Persian), ŲÆŁŲ“ŲŖ (dahÅ”at) (Persian), Grul [feminine] (Plautdietsch), groza [feminine] (Polish), strach [masculine] (Polish), horror [masculine] (Portuguese), groazÄ [feminine] (Romanian), oroare [feminine] (Romanian), spaimÄ [feminine] (Romanian), ŃĢŠ¶Š°Ń (Ćŗžas) [masculine] (Russian), ŃŃŃŠ°Ń
(strax) [masculine] (Russian), Š±Š¾ŃĢŠ·Š½Ń (bojĆ”znŹ¹) [feminine] (Russian), ą¤ą„ą¤° (ghora) [masculine] (Sanskrit), ŃĢŠ¶Š°ĢŃ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ČžÄs [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hrĆ“za [feminine] (Slovak), groza [feminine] (Slovene), horror [masculine] (Spanish), skrƤck [common-gender] (Swedish), fruktan [common-gender] (Swedish), fasa [common-gender] (Swedish), Š“Š°Ņ³ŃŠ°Ń (dahÅ”at) (Tajik), Š²Š°Ņ³ŃŠ°Š³ (vahÅ”ag) (Tajik), Š“ÓŅ»ŃÓŃ (dƤhÅƤt) (Tatar), ŠŗŃŃŠŗŃŠ½ŃŃ (qurkınıƧ) (Tatar), empelƱe (Tocharian B), korku (Turkish), dehÅet (Turkish), elhenƧlik (Turkmen), Š¶Š°Ń
(žax) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ŃŃŃŠ°Ń
(strax) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ŲÆŪŲ“ŲŖ (dahÅat) [feminine] (Urdu), ŁŁŲ±ŁŪŁŚ (qorqunch) (Uyghur), qoŹ»rquv (Uzbek), dahshat (Uzbek), sį»± khiįŗæp (Vietnamese), sį»± ghĆŖ rį»£n (Vietnamese)
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(countable, uncountable) Something horrible; that which excites horror.
Tags: countable, uncountable
Categories (topical): Fear
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(countable, uncountable) Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
Tags: countable, uncountable
Categories (topical): Fear
Translations (intense dislike or aversion): Š¾ŃŠ²ŃŠ°ŃŠµĢŠ½ŠøŠµ (otvraÅ”tĆ©nie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kammo (Finnish), inho (Finnish), dĆ©goĆ»t (French), aversion (French), Š¾ŃŠ²ŃŠ°ŃŠµĢŠ½ŠøŠµ (otvraÅ”ÄĆ©nije) [neuter] (Russian), Š¾Š¼ŠµŃŠ·ŠµĢŠ½ŠøŠµ (omerzĆ©nije) [neuter] (Russian)
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(uncountable) A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
Tags: uncountable
Categories (topical): Horror, Fear, Genres, Horror, Literary genres
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(countable) An individual work in this genre.
Tags: countable
Translations (literary genre): Š¶Š°Ń
(žax) [masculine] (Belarusian), ŃĢŠ¶Š°ŃŠø (Ćŗžasi) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), terror (Catalan), ęę (kĒngbĆ¹) (Chinese Mandarin), horor (Czech), kauhu (Finnish), kauhukirjallisuus (Finnish), Horror [masculine] (German), ćć©ć¼ (horÄ) (Japanese), ķøė¬ (horeo) (Korean), ź³µķ¬ (gongpo) (alt: ęę) (Korean), ŃĢŠ¶Š°ŃŠø (Ćŗžasi) [masculine, plural] (Macedonian), Ń
Š¾ĢŃŠ¾Ń (hĆ³ror) [masculine] (Macedonian), horror [masculine] (Portuguese), ŃĢŠ¶Š°Ń (Ćŗžas) [masculine] (Russian), ŃŠ¶Š°ĢŃŃŠøŠŗ (uÅ¾Ć”stik) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), Ń
Š¾ĢŃŃŠ¾Ń (xĆ³rror) [masculine, neologism] (Russian), skrƤck [common-gender] (Swedish), Š¶Š°Ń
(žax) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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(countable, colloquial) A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
Tags: colloquial, countable
Categories (topical): Fear
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(informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
Categories (topical): Fear
Translations (informal: intense anxiety): tƤpinƤt [plural] (Finnish)
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(in the plural, informal) Delirium tremens.
Tags: countable, in-plural, informal, uncountable
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Synonyms: nightmare, horrour (english: hypercorrect spelling or archaic) [UK]
Hypernyms: speculative fiction
Related terms: horrendous, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifical, horrification, horrify
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Noun [Galician]
IPA: [ÉĖroɾ]
Forms: horrores [plural]
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horror
Tags: masculine
Synonyms: espanto, pavor, terror
Related terms: horrorizar, horroroso
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Noun [Hungarian]
IPA: [ĖhorĖor]
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horror
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Noun [Latin]
IPA: /Ėhor.ror/ [Classical], [ĖhÉrĖÉr] [Classical], /Ėor.ror/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ĖÉrĖor] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
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bristling (standing on end)
Tags: declension-3, masculine
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shaking, shivering, chill
Tags: declension-3, masculine
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dread, terror, horror
Tags: declension-3, masculine
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Related terms: horrendus, horridus, horribilis, horrificus
Noun [Old French]
Forms: horror oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], horrors [oblique, plural], horror [nominative, singular], horrors [nominative, plural]
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horror or terror
Synonyms: horrour, horrur
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Noun [Polish]
IPA: /ĖxÉr.rÉr/
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(colloquial) horror (something horrible; that which excites horror)
Tags: colloquial, inanimate, masculine
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horror movie
Tags: inanimate, masculine
Synonyms: film grozy
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horror (literary genre)
Tags: inanimate, masculine
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Noun [Portuguese]
IPA: /oĖŹoŹ/ [Brazil], [oĖhoh] [Brazil], /oĖŹoŹ/ [Brazil], [oĖhoh] [Brazil], /oĖŹoɾ/ [SĆ£o-Paulo], [oĖhoɾ] [SĆ£o-Paulo], /oĖŹoŹ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [oĖĻoĻ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /oĖŹoÉ»/ [Southern-Brazil], [oĖhoÉ»] [Southern-Brazil], /ÉĖŹoɾ/ [Portugal]
Forms: horrores [plural]
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horror
Tags: masculine
Synonyms: temor, terror
Related terms: horrendo, hĆ³rrido, horrĆfero, horrĆfico, horripilar, horrĆvel, horrorizar, horroroso
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Adjective [Romanian]
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horror
Tags: feminine, indeclinable, masculine, neuter
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Noun [Romanian]
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horror
Tags: neuter
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Noun [Spanish]
IPA: /oĖroɾ/, [oĖroɾ]
Forms: horrores [plural]
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horror; terror
Wikipedia link: Diccionario crĆtico etimolĆ³gico castellano e hispĆ”nico
Tags: masculine
Synonyms: miedo, temor, terror
Derived forms: horror al vacĆo
Related terms: horrendo, horrible, hĆ³rrido, horrĆfico, horripilante, horrorizar, horroroso
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Inflected forms
horrores (Noun) [Portuguese] plural of horror
horrores (Noun) [Spanish] plural of horror
horrors (Noun) [English] plural of horror
horrore (Noun) [Latin] ablative singular of horror
horroribus (Noun) [Latin] dative/ablative plural of horror
horrorem (Noun) [Latin] accusative singular of horror
horroris (Noun) [Latin] genitive singular of horror
horrori (Noun) [Latin] dative singular of horror
horrorum (Noun) [Latin] genitive plural of horror
horrores (Noun) [Latin] nominative/accusative/vocative plural of horror
Alternative forms
horrour (Noun) [Old French] Alternative form of horror
horrour (Noun) [English] Misspelling of horror.
horrour (Noun) [English] Obsolete form of horror.
horrow (Noun) [English] Alternative form of horror
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