horror
noun
1 horror
Intense and profound fear.
Roget 860:
fear,
timidity,
diffidence,
want of confidence;
apprehensiveness,
fearfulness
etc.
adj.;
solicitude,
anxiety,
care,
apprehension,
misgiving;
feeze [U.S.];
mistrust
etc.
(doubt)
485;
suspicion,
qualm;
hesitation
etc.
(irresolution)
605.
nervousness,
restlessness
etc.
adj.;
inquietude,
disquietude,
worry,
concern;
batophobia†;
heartquake†;
flutter,
trepidation,
fear and trembling,
perturbation,
tremor,
quivering,
shaking,
trembling,
throbbing heart,
palpitation,
ague fit,
cold sweat;
abject fear
etc.
(cowardice)
862;
mortal funk,
heartsinking†,
despondency;
despair
etc.
859.
fright;
affright,
affrightment†;
boof alarm [U.S.],
dread,
awe,
terror,
horror,
dismay,
consternation,
panic,
scare,
stampede
(of horses).
intimidation,
terrorism,
reign of terror.
[Object of fear]
bug bear,
bugaboo;
scarecrow;
hobgoblin
etc.
(demon)
980;
nightmare,
Gorgon,
mormo†,
ogre,
Hurlothrumbo†,
raw head and bloody bones,
fee-faw-fum,
bete noire [Fr.],
enfant terrible [Fr.].
alarmist
etc.
(coward)
862.
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Polish: zgroza, groza, przerażenie
2 horror
Something that inspires horror; something horrible.
Dutch: gruwel
Polish: straszność, okropność, potworność, koszmar, okropieństwo, horror, straszliwość
3 horror
Intense aversion.
synonyms: repugnance, repulsion, revulsion.
Roget 867:
dislike,
distaste,
disrelish,
disinclination,
displacency†.
reluctance;
backwardness
etc.
(unwillingness)
603.
repugnance,
disgust,
queasiness,
turn,
nausea,
loathing;
averseness†,
aversation†,
aversion;
abomination,
antipathy,
abhorrence,
horror;
mortal antipathy,
rooted antipathy,
mortal horror,
rooted horror;
hatred,
detestation;
hate
etc.
898;
animosity
etc.
900;
hydrophobia;
canine madness;
byssa†,
xenophobia.
sickener†;
gall and wormwood
etc.
(unsavory)
395;
shuddering,
cold sweat.
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Dutch: afkeer, aversie, afgrijzen, afschuw, gruwel
Moby thesaurus: Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolf-man, abhorrence, abject fear, abomination, affright, alarm, allergy, angst, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipasto, antipathy, anxiety, apprehension, aversion, awe, blue funk, bogey, bogeyman, bugaboo, bugbear, clawing, cold sweat, consternation, cowardice, creeping flesh, cruciation, crucifixion, detestation, disgust, dislike, dismay, distaste, distress, dread, enmity, execration, fear, fear and trembling, fee-faw-fum, fright, frightener, funk, ghost, ghoul, hate, hatred, hell, hell upon earth, hobgoblin, holocaust, holy terror, horrification, hostility, incubus, laceration, lancination, loathing, martyrdom, monster, mortal horror, nausea, nervousness, nightmare, odium, ogre, ogress, pain, panic, panic fear, passion, persecution, perturbation, phantom, phobia, purgatory, queasiness, rack, rancor, repugnance, repulsion, revenant, revulsion, scare, scarebabe, scarecrow, scarer, shock, shuddering, specter, stampede, succubus, terror, torment, torture, trepidation, trepidity, uneasiness, unholy dread, upset, vampire, werewolf, whet, wrench ... show more.
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