horror

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something horrible; that which excites horror.
3. (countable, uncountable) Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
4. (uncountable) A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
5. (countable) A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
6. (colloquial, countable) A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
7. (countable, informal, uncountable) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
8. (countable, in-plural, informal, uncountable) Delirium tremens.

Sinonieme

terror

fear

😨

abhorrence

abomination

dread

fright

panic

atrocity

loathing

shudder

revulsion

dismay

repugnance

nightmare

phi

trembling

dreadful

sleaze

repulsion

consternation

anxiety

jitter

kerfuffle

marvel

misfortune

monster

monstrous

phobia

quiver

sadness

scariness

scary

scourge

shout

stupor

surprisal

surprise

surprises

threat

uneasiness

wonder

wonderment

bad dream

evil spirit

depression

becoming desolate

becoming wild

astoundedness

marvelment

mazement

Vertalings

horror

horreur

orrore

Schrecken

terror

afgrijzen

Angst

😨

horror

verschrikking

afschuw

gruwel

afschrik

φρίκη

Grauen

Gräuel

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhɒɹ.ə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: horer

In summary

From Middle English horer, horrour, from Old French horror, from Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”). Displaced native Old English ōga.

Sinne

Another influential category is the Korean horror films , commonly referred to as "K-horror".