horror

A2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /ˈhɔɹ.ɚ/ UK /ˈhɒɹ.ə/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #4206

Meanings

1

noun
A strong feeling of fear or shock.

She watched in horror as the car skidded off the road.
2

noun
Something terrible that frightens or shocks you.

The soldiers had seen the horrors of war.
3

noun
A type of book or film meant to frighten people.

He loves watching horror late at night.
4

noun
A strong feeling of dislike or disgust toward something.

She has a horror of spiders.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

4 noun · a strong feeling of dislike... repulsion

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Word family

Forms horrors

Derived forms ecohorroreurohorrorhorror-showhorror-strickenhorror-struckhorror-thrillerhorrorcorehorrorfesthorrorfulhorroristhorrorizehorrormeister

Related forms horrendous horrible horrid horrifichorrificalhorrificationhorrify

Common collocations

horror movie Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Middle English horer, horrour, from Old French horror, from Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”). Displaced native Old English ōga.

*ǵʰers- Proto-Indo-European horer Middle English horror Old French

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Topics

Emotions & Feelings

# horror

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈhɔɹ.ɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈhɒɹ.ə
**Frequency rank:** 4206

## Meanings
1. A strong feeling of fear or shock.
2. Something terrible that frightens or shocks you.
3. A type of book or film meant to frighten people.
4. A strong feeling of dislike or disgust toward something.

## Examples
- She watched in horror as the car skidded off the road.
- The soldiers had seen the horrors of war.
- He loves watching horror late at night.
- She has a horror of spiders.

## Synonyms
- nightmare

## Derived Forms
- ecohorror
- eurohorror
- horror-show
- horror-stricken
- horror-struck
- horror-thriller
- horrorcore
- horrorfest
- horrorful
- horrorist
- horrorize
- horrormeister

## Related Forms
- horrendous
- horrible
- horrid
- horrific
- horrifical
- horrification
- horrify

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵʰers-
- Root: horer
- Root: horror

## Etymology
From Middle English horer, horrour, from Old French horror, from Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”). Displaced native Old English ōga.

## AI Etymology
Horror comes from Middle English horer, horrour, from Old French horror, from Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”). Displaced native Old English ōga. The historical line also includes *ǵʰers- (Proto-Indo-European). In current use, the main senses are “A strong feeling of fear or shock” and “Something terrible that frightens or shocks you”.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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