horror

/หˆhษ‘ษนษš/

IPA: /HH AO1 R ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.

  2. 2

    Something horrible; that which excites horror.

    โ€œI saw many horrors during the war.โ€

  3. 3

    Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.

  4. 4

    A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.

  5. 5

    An individual work in this genre.

  6. 6

    A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.

    โ€œThe neighbour's kids are a pack of little horrors!โ€

  7. 7

    An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.

  8. 8

    (plural) Delirium tremens.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/horror