horror
horror Lexical Profile
horror Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
"The witnesses watched in silent horror as the historic bridge collapsed into the river."
A painful, shocking, or deeply distressing thing, event, or experience.
"The documentary vividly chronicled the everyday horrors of trench life during the First World War."
A literary, cinematic, or artistic genre designed to evoke fear, dread, or suspense in its audience.
"She wrote her doctoral thesis on the evolution of Gothic horror in nineteenth-century literature."
An intense dislike, aversion, or repugnance toward something.
"The reclusive author had a lifelong horror of public speaking and media interviews."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 14th century via Old French from Latin horror ('a bristling, trembling, or dread'), derived from the verb horrere ('to bristle or stand on end, as hair in fear').