Horror
noun
A strong feeling of fear or terror.
The horror of the war was too much for him to witness.
Often appears as...
- experience horror
- filled with horror
noun
A frightening or scary movie, book, or other story.
She loves to watch horror movies late at night.
Often appears as...
- horror movie
- horror story
noun
A thing causing a strong feeling of fear or distress.
The house was a horror of dirt and mess.
Often appears as...
- living horror
- walking horror
noun
Someone who is very upset or angry.
He became a horror when he didn't get what he wanted.
Often appears as...
- be a horror
- turn into a horror
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A strong dislike or hate for something.
I have a horror of spiders.
Often appears as...
- have a horror of
- feel a horror for
noun
A strong feeling of fear or terror.
The horror of the war was too much for him to witness.
Often appears as...
- experience horror
- filled with horror
noun
A frightening or scary movie, book, or other story.
She loves to watch horror movies late at night.
Often appears as...
- horror movie
- horror story
noun
A thing causing a strong feeling of fear or distress.
The house was a horror of dirt and mess.
Often appears as...
- living horror
- walking horror
noun
Someone who is very upset or angry.
He became a horror when he didn't get what he wanted.
Often appears as...
- be a horror
- turn into a horror
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A strong dislike or hate for something.
I have a horror of spiders.
Often appears as...
- have a horror of
- feel a horror for
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Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Emphasizes the intense, often negative emotions triggered in situations.
People felt a deep horror after the tragic event.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Literal
It's often used figuratively to describe witnessing something shocking.
The documentary brought the horror of the crisis to light.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Emphasizes the intense, often negative emotions triggered in situations.
People felt a deep horror after the tragic event.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Literal
It's often used figuratively to describe witnessing something shocking.
The documentary brought the horror of the crisis to light.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Emphasizes the intense, often negative emotions triggered in situations.
People felt a deep horror after the tragic event.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Literal
It's often used figuratively to describe witnessing something shocking.
The documentary brought the horror of the crisis to light.
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In on a secret? That's...
The audience is in on a secret that the characters have missed. This is a great story-telling device that creates tremendous emotion within that text. Think about it for a moment. How does it feel when, in a horror film, you know that the scary villain is hiding behind that door in the darkened room. The music becomes eerie,
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Emma Teeling: The secret...
However, I also think it's got to do with the fact that bats come out at night, and we don't really understand them. We're a little frightened by things that can perceive the world slightly differently than us. Bats are usually synonymous with some type of evil events. They are the perpetrators in horror movies,
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Can Sloths Kill You? PIPE...
can move around on the ground, but a sloth moving around on the ground is possibly one of the creepiest things that you will ever see in your life. Yeah, it's it's more of like a crawl in a really strange way, like something out of a horror film, really. But no, they can't walk upright. Why do sloths exist?
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Titan of terror: the...
a victim of the universe’s cosmic indifference. But his work has inspired numerous short stories, novels, tabletop games, and cultural icons. And as long as humans feel a sense of dread about our unknown future, Lovecraftian horror will have a place in the darkest corners of our imagination.
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The hidden history of...
day journey with the preceding problems associated with it has made an enormous difference to my life I love mathematics even at school and much to my school's horror I wanted to study mathematics and girls schools in those days didn't really do science I
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How to recognize a...
The results were real-world dystopias where life passed under the watchful eye of the State and death came with ruthless efficiency to any who didn't belong. Many writers of the time didn't just observe these horrors, but lived through them.
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What you don't know...
I can't tell you how to find a chore-loving person of the approximately ideal size and attractiveness, who prefers horror movies and doesn't have a lot of friends hovering on the brink of divorce, but I can only encourage you to try,
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How does chemotherapy...
During World War I, one of the horrors of trench warfare was a poisonous yellow cloud called mustard gas. For those unlucky enough to be exposed, it made the air impossible to breathe, burned their eyes,
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The terrors of sleep...
perhaps only once in a lifetime. So you can rest easy, knowing that an evil entity is not trying to haunt, possess, strangle, or suffocate you. Save that for the horror films!
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Eating Bats PIPE National...
of nightmares and horror movies just say that and many think of vampires sinking their fangs and two helpless victims even in the real world bats are thought
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In on a secret? That's...
The audience is in on a secret that the characters have missed. This is a great story-telling device that creates tremendous emotion within that text. Think about it for a moment. How does it feel when, in a horror film, you know that the scary villain is hiding behind that door in the darkened room. The music becomes eerie,
Video examples
Emma Teeling: The secret...
However, I also think it's got to do with the fact that bats come out at night, and we don't really understand them. We're a little frightened by things that can perceive the world slightly differently than us. Bats are usually synonymous with some type of evil events. They are the perpetrators in horror movies,
Video examples
Can Sloths Kill You? PIPE...
can move around on the ground, but a sloth moving around on the ground is possibly one of the creepiest things that you will ever see in your life. Yeah, it's it's more of like a crawl in a really strange way, like something out of a horror film, really. But no, they can't walk upright. Why do sloths exist?
Video examples
Titan of terror: the...
a victim of the universe’s cosmic indifference. But his work has inspired numerous short stories, novels, tabletop games, and cultural icons. And as long as humans feel a sense of dread about our unknown future, Lovecraftian horror will have a place in the darkest corners of our imagination.
Video examples
The hidden history of...
day journey with the preceding problems associated with it has made an enormous difference to my life I love mathematics even at school and much to my school's horror I wanted to study mathematics and girls schools in those days didn't really do science I
Video examples
How to recognize a...
The results were real-world dystopias where life passed under the watchful eye of the State and death came with ruthless efficiency to any who didn't belong. Many writers of the time didn't just observe these horrors, but lived through them.
Video examples
What you don't know...
I can't tell you how to find a chore-loving person of the approximately ideal size and attractiveness, who prefers horror movies and doesn't have a lot of friends hovering on the brink of divorce, but I can only encourage you to try,
Video examples
How does chemotherapy...
During World War I, one of the horrors of trench warfare was a poisonous yellow cloud called mustard gas. For those unlucky enough to be exposed, it made the air impossible to breathe, burned their eyes,
Video examples
The terrors of sleep...
perhaps only once in a lifetime. So you can rest easy, knowing that an evil entity is not trying to haunt, possess, strangle, or suffocate you. Save that for the horror films!
Video examples
Eating Bats PIPE National...
of nightmares and horror movies just say that and many think of vampires sinking their fangs and two helpless victims even in the real world bats are thought
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Quote examples
Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.
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David Draiman
American Musician
I'm a fan of the 'Underworld' films, but I don't necessarily consider them horror.
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Dean Koontz
American Author
Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror.
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Tech N9ne
American Musician
I'm not a horrorcore rapper. I rap my life, but I love horror movies.
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Jason Blum
American Producer
I love horror movies, obviously; otherwise, I wouldn't make them.
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Michael McIntyre
English Comedian
Comedy provides an escape from the horrors of real life.
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Brian Epstein
British Businessman
I am determined to go through the horror of this world.
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Tony Todd
American Actor
But my career's so much deeper than just horror.
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Betty Gabriel
American Actress
I don't love horror, I respect it as a genre.
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Katee Sackhoff
American Actress
I hate horror movies, with a passion.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.
Quote examples
David Draiman
American Musician
I'm a fan of the 'Underworld' films, but I don't necessarily consider them horror.
Quote examples
Dean Koontz
American Author
Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror.
Quote examples
Tech N9ne
American Musician
I'm not a horrorcore rapper. I rap my life, but I love horror movies.
Quote examples
Jason Blum
American Producer
I love horror movies, obviously; otherwise, I wouldn't make them.
Quote examples
Michael McIntyre
English Comedian
Comedy provides an escape from the horrors of real life.
Quote examples
Brian Epstein
British Businessman
I am determined to go through the horror of this world.
Quote examples
Tony Todd
American Actor
But my career's so much deeper than just horror.
Quote examples
Betty Gabriel
American Actress
I don't love horror, I respect it as a genre.
Quote examples
Katee Sackhoff
American Actress
I hate horror movies, with a passion.
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