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
- verb To feel great fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen.
- noun A strong feeling of fear or anxiety about something.
- adj Causing great fear; dreaded (used mainly in older or literary English).
fear — full definition
- noun A strong, unpleasant feeling caused by the sense of danger or threat.
- verb To be afraid of something or someone.
- verb To worry or be concerned about something.