horror

Pronunciation

• (US) (Canada) IPA ^(key): /ˈhɔrɚ/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈhɒrə/

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• Hyphenation: hor‧ror

Noun

Singular horror

Plural horrors

1. (uncountable) Horror is great fear.
2. (uncountable) Horror is a kind of story or movie that scares you (causes fear).
3. (countable) A horror is something that causes fear, or that is very bad. This can also mean something very ugly.

Related words

• horrible
• horrify
• horrific
• horrid
• horrendous

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