horror
pronunciation
How to pronounce horror in British English:
UK [ˈhɒrə(r)]
How to pronounce horror in American English:
US [ˈhɔːrər]
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- Noun:
- intense and profound fear
- something that inspires horror; something horrible
- intense aversion
Word Origin
- horror (n.)
- early 14c., from Old French horror (12c., Modern French horreur) and directly from Latin horror "dread, veneration, religious awe," a figurative use, literally "a shaking, trembling, shudder, chill," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder," from PIE root *ghers- "to bristle" (cognates: Sanskrit harsate "bristles," Avestan zarshayamna- "ruffling one's feathers," Latin eris (genitive) "hedgehog," Welsh garw "rough"). As a genre in film, 1934. Chamber of horrors originally (1849) was a gallery of notorious criminals in Madame Tussaud's wax exhibition.
Example
- 1. Terrorist attacks are a monthly rather than daily horror .
- 2. Similar horror stories are unfolding almost everywhere .
- 3. Big earthquakes are events of special horror .
- 4. A perfect setup for a horror movie .
- 5. That is the real horror film .