horror — meaning in English

English meaning

• dread verb To feel great fear or anxiety about something that is going to happen.
• horror noun A strong feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.

Senses

horror is used for these senses in English:

• dread Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
• horror (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.

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).

horror — full definition

1. noun A strong feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.
2. noun Something that causes this feeling.
3. noun A genre of fiction or film built around fear and suspense.

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