A2noun · countable / uncountable · common

horror

horr·or

horror · horrors

жах, страх

ужас, страх, боязнь, отвращение

Schrecken, Horror, Grauen, Furcht

An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnanceAn intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.

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UK/ˈhɒɹə/US/ˈhoɹɚ/

» I'm going to see a horror film.

Ich habe vor, mir einen Horrorfilm anzuschauen.

Я собираюсь посмотреть фильм ужасов.

Я збираюся подивитися фільм жахів.

Я дивитимуся фільм жахів.

Meaning

8 senses

(countable, uncountable)An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
Entsetzen, Schrecken, Furcht
у́жасúžas, страхstrax, боя́зньbojáznʹ
жахžax, страхstrax
intense and profound fear
(countable, uncountable)Something horrible; that which excites horror.
I saw many horrors during the war.
Schrecken, Gräuel
something that inspires horror; something horrible
(countable, uncountable)Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
Abneigung, Abscheu
отвраще́ниеotvraščénije, омерзе́ниеomerzénije
intense aversion
(uncountable)A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
(countable)An individual work in this genre.
Horror
у́жасúžas, ужа́стикužástik, хо́ррорxórror
жахžax
(colloquial, countable)A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
The neighbour's kids are a pack of little horrors!
(countable, informal, uncountable)An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
Angstzustand
(countable, in the plural, informal, uncountable)Delirium tremens.

Examples

302 sentences

I'm going to see a horror film.
Я збираюся подивитися фільм жахів. — Internecivus
ruЯ собираюсь посмотреть фильм ужасов. — ae5s
deIch habe vor, mir einen Horrorfilm anzuschauen. — Hans_Adler
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Tom and I both enjoy watching horror movies.
Ми з Томом полюбляємо дивитися фільми жахів. — deniko
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Both Tom and I enjoy watching horror movies.
Ми з Томом полюбляємо дивитися фільми жахів. — deniko
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Tom likes horror movies.
Тому подобаються фільми жахів. — deniko
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My brother likes horror movies.
Мій брат любить фільми жахів. — deniko
ruМой брат любит фильмы ужасов. — marafon
deMein Bruder mag Horrorfilme. — MUIRIEL
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

intense distressing fear or repugnance:

Русский

By meaning 3

intense distressing fear or repugnance:

intense dislike or aversion:

literary genre:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

intense distressing fear or repugnance:

thing that which excites horror:

intense dislike or aversion:

informal: intense anxiety:

Origin

From Middle English horer, horrour, from Old French horror, from Latin horror (“a bristlin

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.

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