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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɒrər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhɔrɚ, ˈhɑr-/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hôr′ər, hor′-)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
hor•ror /ˈhɔrɚ, ˈhɑr-/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. [uncountable] overwhelming distress caused by something shocking, terrifying, or revolting.
  2. anything that causes such a feeling:[countable]the horrors of trench warfare.
  3. a strong fear or dislike of something:[countable]a horror of firearms.
  4. Informal Terms something that inspires revulsion:[countable]That wallpaper is a horror.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. inspiring horror:a horror movie.

interj. 
  1. horrors, This word is used to express mild dismay, surprise, disappointment, etc.:Horrors! Back again, eh?
See -horr-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
hor•ror  (hôr′ər, hor′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting;
    a shuddering fear:to shrink back from a mutilated corpse in horror.
  2. anything that causes such a feeling:killing, looting, and other horrors of war.
  3. such a feeling as a quality or condition:to have known the horror of slow starvation.
  4. a strong aversion;
    abhorrence:to have a horror of emotional outbursts.
  5. Informal Termssomething considered bad or tasteless:That wallpaper is a horror. The party was a horror.
  6. Informal Terms horrors:
    • See delirium tremens. 
    • extreme depression.

adj. 
  1. inspiring or creating horror, loathing, aversion, etc.:The hostages told horror stories of their year in captivity.
  2. centered upon or depicting terrifying or macabre events:a horror movie.

interj. 
  1. horrors, (used as a mild expression of dismay, surprise, disappointment, etc.)
  • Latin horrōr-, stem of horror
  • Anglo-French
  • Latin horror, equivalent. to horr- (stem of horrēre to bristle with fear; see horrendous) + -or -or1; replacing Middle English orrour
  • 1520–30
    1. dread, dismay, consternation. See terror. 4. loathing, antipathy, detestation, hatred, abomination.
    1. serenity. 4. attraction.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
horror /ˈhɒrə/ n
  1. extreme fear; terror; dread
  2. intense loathing; hatred
  3. (often plural) a thing or person causing fear, loathing, etc
  4. (modifier) having a frightening subject, esp a supernatural one: a horror film
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin: a trembling with fear; compare hirsute
'horror' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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