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恐怖 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dread verb To feel great fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen.
  • fear noun A strong, unpleasant feeling caused by the sense of danger or threat.
  • horror noun A strong feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
  • scare noun A sudden fright, or an event that causes widespread alarm.
  • terror noun Intense fear.

Senses

恐怖 is used for these senses in English:

  • dread Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
  • fear (uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
  • fear (countable) A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
  • horror (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
  • scare A minor fright.
  • scare A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread.

dread — full definition

  1. verb To feel great fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen.
  2. noun A strong feeling of fear or anxiety about something.
  3. adj Causing great fear; dreaded (used mainly in older or literary English).

fear — full definition

  1. noun A strong, unpleasant feeling caused by the sense of danger or threat.
  2. verb To be afraid of something or someone.
  3. verb To worry or be concerned about something.

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