horror
🇺🇸
/ˈhɔːrər/
🇬🇧
/ˈhɒrə(r)/
noun
B1
a very strong feeling of fear or shock
She felt horror when she saw the spider.
B2
a very bad and scary event or situation
The news reported the horrors of the war.
B2
the very scary or bad quality of something
The horror of the accident made him cry.
R
a strong fear or dislike of something
He has a horror of snakes.
B1
a scary story, movie, or book
I like to watch horror movies at night.
R
a child who behaves very badly
That boy is a little horror in class.
translation
a very strong feeling of fear or shock; a very bad and scary event or situation; the very scary or bad quality of something; a strong fear or dislike of something; a scary story, movie, or book; a child who behaves very badly
Word Forms
Plural
horrors