Meaning

3 senses
  1. A fictional narrative of horrifying and often supernatural events.

    The film is based on a horror story by Edgar Allan Poe.

  2. (informal)A disturbing rumour.

    We've heard horror stories about people being attacked in the elevator.

  3. An unpleasant experience.

    It was more of a horror story than a vacation.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. We stayed around the bonfire telling jokes and horror stories.

    Ми залишилися біля вогнища, розказуючи анекдоти та страшилки. — deniko

    ruМы стояли у костра и рассказывали анекдоты и страшные истории. — Ivanovb

  2. Sami told police a horror story.

  3. Sami ready some terrifying horror stories.

  4. Ziri has many horror stories to tell.

  5. Sami found himself in the middle of a real-life horror story.

Translations

3 languages

Forms

plural: horror stories
Singularhorror story
Pluralhorror stories

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

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