horror

/'hɔrə/

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Definition

1. Noun:
   • Intense and profound fear: A strong feeling of fear, dread, or shock.
   • Intense aversion or disgust: A feeling of strong dislike or revulsion.
   • Something that causes horror: A thing or situation that is very shocking, frightening, or unpleasant.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • She watched the movie in absolute horror. (She felt intense fear while watching the movie.)
  • The thought of eating insects filled him with horror. (The thought caused him intense disgust.)
  • The aftermath of the earthquake was a complete horror. (The scene was a shocking and terrible thing to see.)

Advanced Usage

• "the horrors": (informal) A state of extreme anxiety, depression, or agitation.
  • He had a bad case of the horrors after hearing the news. (He was in a state of great distress.)
• "little horror": (informal) A badly behaved or annoying child.
  • That boy is a little horror when he's tired. (That boy is very badly behaved.)

Variants and Related Words

• Horrify (verb): To cause someone to feel horror.
  • The news report horrified the nation.
• Horrific (adjective): Causing horror.
  • It was a horrific accident.
• Horrendous (adjective): Extremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terrible.
  • The traffic was horrendous.

Synonyms

• Terror: Extreme fear.
• Dread: Great fear or apprehension.
• Revulsion: A sense of disgust and loathing.
• Abomination: A thing that causes disgust or hatred.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

(Note: "Horror" is primarily a noun and does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Related expressions are idiomatic.)

Related Idioms

• Give someone the horrors: To cause someone to feel extreme fear or disgust.
  • That old, dark house gives me the horrors. (That house makes me feel very frightened.)
• In horror: With a feeling of horror.
  • She stepped back in horror. (She moved back because she was shocked and afraid.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. intense aversion
2. something that inspires dislike; something horrible
   • the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him
3. intense and profound fear

Từ đồng nghĩa

• repugnance
• repulsion
• revulsion