transcription, транскрипция: [ hɒrə(r), AM hɔ:r- ]
( horrors)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Horror is a feeling of great shock, fear, and worry caused by something extremely unpleasant.
As I watched in horror the boat began to power away from me.
= terror
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you have a horror of something, you are afraid of it or dislike it very much.
...his horror of death.
N-SING : N of n
3.
The horror of something, especially something that hurts people, is its very great unpleasantness.
...the horror of this most bloody of civil wars.
N-SING : oft N of n
4.
You can refer to extremely unpleasant or frightening experiences as horrors .
Can you possibly imagine all the horrors we have undergone since I last wrote you?
N-COUNT : usu pl
5.
A horror film or story is intended to be very frightening.
...a psychological horror film.
ADJ : ADJ n
6.
You can refer to an account of a very unpleasant experience or event as a horror story.
...a horror story about lost luggage while flying.
ADJ : ADJ n