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"horror" meaning in All languages combined
Noun [English]
IPA: /ˈhɒɹ.ə/ [New-England, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɔɹ.ɚ/ [Canada, General-American], /ˈhɑɹ.ɚ/ [New-York-City, Philadelphia], /ˈhɔɚ/ (note: some accents)
Audio: en-us-horror.ogg ▶️ [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), رُعْب (ruʕb) [masculine] (Arabic), خَوْف (ḵawf) [masculine] (Arabic), սարսափ (sarsapʿ) (Armenian), ահ (ah) (Armenian), vahimə (Azerbaijani), dəhşət (Azerbaijani), жах (žax) [masculine] (Belarusian), страх (strax) [masculine] (Belarusian), ভয় (bhoẏ) (Bengali), у́жас (úžas) [masculine] (Bulgarian), страх (strah) [masculine] (Bulgarian), horror [masculine] (Catalan), 恐怖 (kǒngbù) (Chinese Mandarin), 恐懼 (Chinese Mandarin), 恐惧 (kǒngjù) (Chinese Mandarin), hrůza [feminine] (Czech), gru (Danish), rædsel (Danish), gruwel [masculine] (Dutch), õudus (Estonian), kauhu (Finnish), kammo (Finnish), hirveys (Finnish), horreur [masculine] (French), effroi [masculine] (French), horror [masculine] (Galician), საშინელება (sašineleba) (Georgian), Angst [feminine] (German), Furcht [feminine] (German), Horror [masculine] (German), Grauen [neuter] (German), Greuel [masculine] (German), 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌼𐌴𐌹 (usfilmei) [feminine] (Gothic), τρόμος (trómos) [masculine] (Greek), אֵימָה (éima) [feminine] (Hebrew), दहशत (dahśat) [feminine] (Hindi), आतंक (ātaṅk) [masculine] (Hindi), भय (bhay) [masculine] (Hindi), borzalom (Hungarian), ógn [feminine] (Icelandic), horor (Indonesian), uafás [masculine] (Irish), orrore [masculine] (Italian), 恐怖 (kyōfu) (alt: きょうふ) (Japanese), 恐れ (osore) (alt: おそれ) (Japanese), қорқыныш (qorqynyş) (Kazakh), ភេរវារម្មណ៍ (pheirĕəʼviərɑm) (Khmer), 공포 (gongpo) (alt: 恐怖) (Korean), 무서움 (museoum) (Korean), 두려움 (duryeoum) (Korean), коркунуч (korkunuc) (Kyrgyz), horror [masculine] (Latin), šausmas [feminine] (Latvian), siaubas (Lithuanian), šiurpas (Lithuanian), у́жас (úžas) [masculine] (Macedonian), страв (strav) [masculine] (Macedonian), аймшиг (ajmšig) (Mongolian), gru [feminine] (Norwegian Bokmål), redsel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), orror (Occitan), ōga [masculine] (Old English), دهشت (dahšat) [masculine] (Pashto), وحشت (vahšat) (Persian), دهشت (dahšat) (Persian), Grul [feminine] (Plautdietsch), groza [feminine] (Polish), strach [masculine] (Polish), horror [masculine] (Portuguese), groază [feminine] (Romanian), oroare [feminine] (Romanian), spaimă [feminine] (Romanian), у́жас (úžas) [masculine] (Russian), страх (strax) [masculine] (Russian), боя́знь (bojáznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), घोर (ghora) [masculine] (Sanskrit), у̏жа̄с [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕžās [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), hrôza [feminine] (Slovak), groza [feminine] (Slovene), horror [masculine] (Spanish), skräck [common-gender] (Swedish), fruktan [common-gender] (Swedish), fasa [common-gender] (Swedish), даҳшат (dahšat) (Tajik), ваҳшаг (vahšag) (Tajik), дәһшәт (dähşät) (Tatar), куркыныч (qurkınıç) (Tatar), empelñe (Tocharian B), korku (Turkish), dehşet (Turkish), elhençlik (Turkmen), жах (žax) [masculine] (Ukrainian), страх (strax) [masculine] (Ukrainian), دہشت (dahśat) [feminine] (Urdu), قورقۇنچ (qorqunch) (Uyghur), qoʻrquv (Uzbek), dahshat (Uzbek), sự khiếp (Vietnamese), sự ghê rợn (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): отвраще́ние (otvrašténie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kammo (Finnish), inho (Finnish), dégoût (French), aversion (French), отвраще́ние (otvraščénije) [neuter] (Russian), омерзе́ние (omerzénije) [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): жах (žax) [masculine] (Belarusian), у́жаси (úžasi) [masculine, plural] (Bulgarian), terror (Catalan), 恐怖 (kǒngbù) (Chinese Mandarin), horor (Czech), kauhu (Finnish), kauhukirjallisuus (Finnish), Horror [masculine] (German), ホラー (horā) (Japanese), 호러 (horeo) (Korean), 공포 (gongpo) (alt: 恐怖) (Korean), у́жаси (úžasi) [masculine, plural] (Macedonian), хо́рор (hóror) [masculine] (Macedonian), horror [masculine] (Portuguese), у́жас (úžas) [masculine] (Russian), ужа́стик (užástik) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), хо́ррор (xórror) [masculine, neologism] (Russian), skräck [common-gender] (Swedish), жах (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): täpinät [plural] (Finnish)
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(in the plural, informal) Delirium tremens.
Tags: countable, in-plural, informal, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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: [ɔˈroɾ]
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: [ˈhorːor]
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horror
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Noun [Latin]
IPA: /ˈhor.ror/ [Classical], [ˈhɔrːɔr] [Classical], /ˈor.ror/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈɔrːor] (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: /ˈxɔr.rɔr/
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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: /oˈʁoʁ/ [Brazil], [oˈhoh] [Brazil], /oˈʁoʁ/ [Brazil], [oˈhoh] [Brazil], /oˈʁoɾ/ [São-Paulo], [oˈhoɾ] [São-Paulo], /oˈʁoʁ/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [oˈχoχ] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /oˈʁoɻ/ [Southern-Brazil], [oˈhoɻ] [Southern-Brazil], /ɔˈʁoɾ/ [Portugal]
Forms: horrores [plural]
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horror
Tags: masculine
Synonyms: temor, terror
Related terms: horrendo, hórrido, horrífero, horrífico, horripilar, horrível, 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: /oˈroɾ/, [oˈroɾ]
Forms: horrores [plural]
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horror; terror
Wikipedia link: Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico
Tags: masculine
Synonyms: miedo, temor, terror
Derived forms: horror al vacío
Related terms: horrendo, horrible, hórrido, horrífico, 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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