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Webster 1913 Edition
Horror
Hor′ror
,Noun.
[Formerly written
horrour
.] [L.
horror
, fr. horrere
to bristle, to shiver, to tremble with cold or dread, to be dreadful or terrible; cf. Skr. h[GREEK]sh
to bristle.] 1.
A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.
[Archaic]
Such fresh
horror
as you see driven through the wrinkled waves. Chapman.
2.
A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor.
3.
A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking.
How could this, in the sight of heaven, without
horrors
of conscience be uttered? Milton.
4.
That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness.
Breathes a browner
horror
on the woods. Pope.
The horrors
, delirium tremens.
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Horror
HOR'ROR
,Noun.
1.
A shaking, shivering or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever. This ague is usually accompanied with a contraction of the skin into small wrinkles, giving it a kind of roughness.2.
An excessive degree of fear,or a painful emotion which makes a person tremble; terror; a shuddering with fear; but appropriately, terror or a sensation approaching it, accompanied with hatred or detestation. Horror is often a passion compounded of fear and hatred or disgust. The recital of a bloody deed fills us with horror. A horror of great darkness fell on Abram. Gen.15.
Horror hath taken hold on me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law. Ps.119.
3.
That which may excite horror or dread; gloom; dreariness. And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
4.
Dreadful thoughts.5.
Distressing scenes; as the horrors of war or famine.Definition 2024
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See also: Horror
English
Alternative forms
- horrour (UK, hypercorrect spelling or archaic)
Noun
horror (countable and uncountable, plural horrors)
- (countable, uncountable) An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.
- 2009, Devin Watson, Horror Screenwriting
- Could there be stories with more horror than these?
- 2009, Devin Watson, Horror Screenwriting
- (countable) An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace:
- “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […]”
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- (uncountable) A genre of fiction, meant to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
- 1898 July 3, Philadelphia Inquirer, page 22:
- The Home Magazine for July (Binghamton and New York) contains ‘The Patriots' War Chant,’ a poem by Douglas Malloch; ‘The Story of the War,’ by Theodore Waters; ‘A Horseman in the Sky,’ by Ambrose Bierce, with a portrait of Mr. Bierce, whose tales of horror are horrible of themselves, not as war is horrible; ‘A Yankee Hero,’ by W. L. Calver; ‘The Warfare of the Future,’ by Louis Seemuller; ‘Florence Nightingale,’ by Susan E. Dickenson, with two rare portraits, etc.
- 1917 February 11, New York Times, Book reviews, page 52:
- Those who enjoy horror, stories overflowing with blood and black mystery, will be grateful to Richard Marsh for writing ‘The Beetle.’
- 1947, Dracula (1931) re-release poster, tagline:
- A Nightmare of Horror!
-
- (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; this sense can also be spoken or written as the horrors.
Derived terms
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Related terms
Synonyms
Translations
intense painful fear or repugnance
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intense dislike or aversion
literary genre
informal: intense anxiety
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Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin horrere (“to be terrified”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhorːor]
- Hyphenation: hor‧ror
Noun
horror (plural horrorok)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | horror | horrorok |
| accusative | horrort | horrorokat |
| dative | horrornak | horroroknak |
| instrumental | horrorral | horrorokkal |
| causal-final | horrorért | horrorokért |
| translative | horrorrá | horrorokká |
| terminative | horrorig | horrorokig |
| essive-formal | horrorként | horrorokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | horrorban | horrorokban |
| superessive | horroron | horrorokon |
| adessive | horrornál | horroroknál |
| illative | horrorba | horrorokba |
| sublative | horrorra | horrorokra |
| allative | horrorhoz | horrorokhoz |
| elative | horrorból | horrorokból |
| delative | horrorról | horrorokról |
| ablative | horrortól | horroroktól |
| Possessive forms of horror | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | horrorom | horroraim |
| 2nd person sing. | horrorod | horroraid |
| 3rd person sing. | horrora | horrorai |
| 1st person plural | horrorunk | horroraink |
| 2nd person plural | horrorotok | horroraitok |
| 3rd person plural | horroruk | horroraik |
| Possessive forms of horror | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | horrorom | horrorjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | horrorod | horrorjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | horrorja | horrorjai |
| 1st person plural | horrorunk | horrorjaink |
| 2nd person plural | horrorotok | horrorjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | horrorjuk | horrorjaik |
References
- ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhor.ror/, [ˈhɔr.rɔr]
Noun
horror m (genitive horrōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | horror | horrōrēs |
| genitive | horrōris | horrōrum |
| dative | horrōrī | horrōribus |
| accusative | horrōrem | horrōrēs |
| ablative | horrōre | horrōribus |
| vocative | horror | horrōrēs |
Descendants
References
- horror in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- horror in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- HORROR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Old French
Alternative forms
- horrour
- horrur
Noun
horror f (oblique plural horrors, nominative singular horror, nominative plural horrors)
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈʁoɾ/
- Hyphenation: hor‧ror
Noun
horror m (plural horrores)
Synonyms
Related terms
- horrendo
- hórrido
- horrífero
- horrífico
- horripilar
- horrível
- horrorizar
- horroroso