horror

see definition of horror

nounfear, revulsion

Synonyms for horror

noun fear, revulsion

Antonyms for horror

atrocities

noun. cruelness, offensiveness; widely condemned action

atrocity

noun. cruelness, offensiveness; widely condemned action

Word Origin & History

early 14c., from Old French horror (12c., Modern French horreur) and directly from Latin horror "dread, veneration, religious awe," a figurative use, literally "a shaking, trembling, shudder, chill," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder," from PIE root *ghers- "to bristle" (cf. Sanskrit harsate "bristles," Avestan zarshayamna- "ruffling one's feathers," Latin eris (genitive) "hedgehog," Welsh garw "rough"). As a genre in film, 1934. Chamber of horrors originally (1849) was a gallery of notorious criminals in Madame Tussaud's wax exhibition.

Example Sentences for horror

Then came smoke, the smell of scorching linen, and a cry of horror from Celine.

There must be women there, and women meant screams, horror, betrayal.

So I said I didn't love her to save her from the knowledge of this horror.

Her friends advised her to leave it, but she had a horror of removal, of change.

He was not halfway around the house before he heard a voice that chilled him with horror.

Andrew, thrilling with horror, recognized one as a sawed-off shotgun.

The mitigation of that horror they condemn, resent, and often ascribe to the devil.

Not with an outburst of horror; he had not even been informed that he was irreverent.

Horror and pain may come, but not because he forgets—nay, just because he does not forget.

Through the cold and darkness came a shriek that chilled her with horror.

horror

Synonyms for horror

Antonyms for horror

abomination

alarm

atrocities

atrocity

aversion

horror

Synonyms for horror

Antonyms for horror

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