| horror | |
| 1. n. An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance. | |
| 2. n. An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence. | |
| 3. n. A genre of fiction meant to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense. | |
| 4. n. Something horrible; that which excites horror. | |
| I saw many horrors during the war. | |
| 5. n. (colloquial) A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror. | |
| The neighbour's kids are a pack of little horrors! | |
| 6. n. (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; this sense can also be spoken or written as the horrors. | |
