English-Thai Dictionary
horror
N ความหวาดกลัว ความ ขยะแขยง dread fear terror kwam-wad-klua
horror-sticken
A ที่ ตกใจกลัว มาก ที่ ได้รับ การ เขย่าขวัญ horror-struck thunderstruck aghast
horror-stricken
ADJ ซึ่ง ตกตะลึง ซึ่ง ตกอกตกใจ อกสั่นขวัญแขวน horror-struck sueng-tok-ta-lueng
horror-struck
A ที่ ตกใจกลัว มาก ที่ ได้รับ การ เขย่าขวัญ horror-stricken thunderstruck aghast
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HORROR
n.[L. from horreo, to shake or shiver, or to set up the bristles, to be rough. ] 1. A shaking, shivering or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever. This ague is usually accompanied with a contraction of the skin into small wrinkles, giving it a kind of roughness.
2. An excessive degree of fear, or a painful emotion which makes a person tremble; terror; a shuddering with fear; but appropriately, terror or a sensation approaching it, accompanied with hatred or detestation. Horror is often a passion compounded of fear and hatred or disgust. The recital of a bloody deed fills us with horror.
A horror of great darkness fell on Abram. Genesis 15:12.
Horror hath taken hold on me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law. Psalm 119:53.
3. That which may excite horror or dread; gloom; dreariness.
And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
4. Dreadful thoughts.
5. Distressing scenes; as the horrors of war or famine.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HORROR
Hor "ror, n. Etym: [Formerly written horrour.] Etym: [L. horror, fr. horrere to bristle, to shiver, to tremble with cold or dread, to be dreadful or terrible; cf. Skr. h to bristle. ]
1. A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement. [Archaic ] Such fresh horror as you see driven through the wrinkled waves. Chapman.
2. A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor.
3. A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking. How could this, in the sight of heaven, without horrors of conscience be uttered Milton.
4. That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness. Breathes a browner horror on the woods. Pope. The horrors, delirium tremens. [Colloq. ]
HORROR-STICKEN
HORROR-STICKEN Hor "ror-stick `en, a.
Defn: Struck with horror; horrified. Blank and horror-stricken faces. C. Kingsley.
HORROR-STRUCK
HORROR-STRUCK Hor "ror-struck `, a.
Defn: Horror-stricken; horrified. M. Arnold.
New American Oxford Dictionary
horror
hor ror |ˈhôrər, ˈhär -ˈhɔrər | ▶noun 1 an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust: children screamed in horror. • a thing causing such a feeling: photographs showed the horror of the tragedy | the horrors of civil war. • a literary or film genre concerned with arousing such feelings: [ as modifier ] : a horror movie. • intense dismay: to her horror she found that a thief had stolen the machine. • [ as exclamation ] (horrors ) chiefly humorous used to express dismay: horrors, two buttons were missing! • [ in sing. ] intense dislike: many have a horror of consulting a dictionary. • (the horrors ) an attack of extreme nervousness or anxiety: the mere thought of it gives me the horrors. 2 informal a bad or mischievous person, esp. a child: that little horror Zach was around. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin horror, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder ’ (see horrid ).
horror-struck
hor ror-struck |ˈhɔrər ˌstrək |(also horror-stricken ) ▶adjective (of a person ) briefly paralyzed with horror or shock.
horror vacui
hor ror va cui |ˈvakyəˌwī ˌhɔrər ˈvækjəwaɪ | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a fear or dislike of leaving empty spaces, esp. in an artistic composition. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, literally ‘horror of a vacuum. ’
Oxford Dictionary
horror
hor ¦ror |ˈhɒrə | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust: children screamed in horror. • a thing causing a feeling of horror: photographs showed the horror of the tragedy | [ count noun ] : the horrors of civil war. • a literary or film genre concerned with arousing feelings of horror: [ as modifier ] : a horror film. • intense dismay: to her horror she found that a thief had stolen the machine. • [ as exclamation ] (horrors ) chiefly humorous used to express dismay: horrors, two buttons were missing! • [ in sing. ] intense dislike: many have a horror of consulting a dictionary. • (the horrors ) an attack of extreme nervousness or anxiety: the mere thought of it gives me the horrors. 2 informal a bad or mischievous person, especially a child: that little horror Zach was around. ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin horror, from horrere ‘tremble, shudder ’ (see horrid ).
horror-struck
horror-struck (also horror-stricken ) ▶adjective briefly paralysed with horror or shock.
horror vacui
horror vacui |ˌhɒrə ˈvakjuːʌɪ | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a fear or dislike of leaving empty spaces, especially in an artistic composition. ORIGIN modern Latin, ‘horror of a vacuum ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
horror
horror noun 1 children screamed in horror: terror, fear, fright, alarm, panic; dread, trepidation. ANTONYMS delight. 2 to her horror she found herself alone: dismay, consternation, perturbation, alarm, distress; disgust, outrage, shock. ANTONYMS satisfaction. 3 the horror of the tragedy: awfulness, frightfulness, savagery, barbarity, hideousness; atrocity, outrage. 4 informal he's a little horror: rascal, devil, imp, monkey; informal terror, scamp, scalawag, tyke, varmint. 5 informal her new dress is a horror: eyesore, monstrosity, abomination, blot, disgrace, mess, sight. ANTONYMS beauty.
horror-struck, horror-stricken
horror-struck, horror-stricken adjective the witnesses to the collision were horror-struck: horrified, terrified, petrified, frightened, afraid, fearful, scared, panic-stricken, scared /frightened to death, scared witless; shocked, appalled, aghast; informal scared stiff, freaked out.
Oxford Thesaurus
horror
horror noun 1 children screamed in horror: terror, fear, fear and trembling, fearfulness, fright, alarm, panic, dread, trepidation. ANTONYMS delight. 2 to her horror she found that a thief had stolen the machine: dismay, consternation, perturbation, alarm, distress; disgust, outrage, shock. ANTONYMS satisfaction. 3 photographs showed the horror of the tragedy: awfulness, frightfulness, cruelty, savagery, gruesomeness, ghastliness, hideousness; atrocity, outrage, crime, barbarity. 4 informal that little horror Zach was around: rascal, devil, imp, monkey, scamp; informal terror, holy terror, scallywag; Brit. informal perisher; N. English informal tyke, scallion; N. Amer. informal varmint, hellion; archaic scapegrace, rapscallion. PHRASES have a horror of Laura had a horror of pubs: hate, detest, loathe, greatly dislike, have a strong aversion to, abhor, abominate, be unable to bear /stand. ANTONYMS love.
horror-struck, horror-stricken
horror-struck, horror-stricken adjective horror-struck, she stared at him with frightened eyes: horrified, terrified, petrified, frightened, afraid, fearful, scared, panic-stricken, terror-struck, scared /frightened to death, scared stiff, scared witless, scared out of one's wits; shocked, stunned, stupefied, awestruck, aghast, appalled; vulgar slang scared shitless, shit-scared. ANTONYMS delighted; relaxed.
Duden Dictionary
Horror
Hor ror Substantiv, maskulin , der |H o rror |der Horror; Genitiv: des Horrors a auf Erfahrung beruhender, schreckerfüllter Schauder, Abscheu, Widerwille [sich mit etwas zu befassen ]lateinisch horror einen Horror vor etwas, vor bestimmten Leuten haben b englisch horror < altfranzösisch (h )orrour < lateinisch horror, zu: horrere, horrend umgangssprachlich emotional verstärkend schreckerfüllter Zustand, in den jemand durch etwas gerät die Mückenplage war ein Horror
Horror-
Hor ror- Präfix umgangssprachlich emotional verstärkend |H o rror- |drückt in Bildungen mit Substantiven aus, dass etwas als schlimm, als beängstigend empfunden wird Horrormeldung, Horrorstory, Horrorvorstellung, Horrorzahl
Horrorfilm
Hor ror film Substantiv, maskulin , der |H o rrorfilm |Film, der vom Thema und von der Gestaltung her darauf abzielt, beim Zuschauer Grauen und Entsetzen zu erregen
Horrorgeschichte
Hor ror ge schich te Substantiv, feminin , die |H o rrorgeschichte | Geschichte 2 , die darauf abzielt, Grauen und Entsetzen zu erregen
Horrorliteratur
Hor ror li te ra tur Substantiv, feminin , die |H o rrorliteratur |ohne Plural Literatur, in der Unheimliches, Gräueltaten u. Ä. dargestellt ist
Horrorszenario
Hor ror sze na rio Substantiv, Neutrum , das Horrorszenarium |H o rrorszenario |1 umgangssprachlich Vorstellung, die von der schlimmsten aller Möglichkeiten ausgeht das Horrorszenario der Steuererhöhung blieb aus 2 umgangssprachlich emotional schlimme Szenerie 2 das Horrorszenario der vom Erdbeben zerstörten Stadt
Horrorszenarium
Hor ror sze na ri um Substantiv, Neutrum , das Horrorszenario |H o rrorszenarium |1 umgangssprachlich Vorstellung, die von der schlimmsten aller Möglichkeiten ausgeht 2 umgangssprachlich emotional schlimme Szenerie 2
Horrortrip
Hor ror trip Substantiv, maskulin , der |H o rrortrip |1 Jargon durch den Genuss von LSD, Heroin o. Ä. hervorgerufener Drogenrausch mit Angst- und Panikgefühlen 2 a umgangssprachlich Reise voller Schrecken b umgangssprachlich schlimmes, schreckliches Erlebnis
Horror Vacui
Hor ror Va cui Substantiv, maskulin , der |H o rror V a cui |der Horror Vacui; Genitiv: des Horror Vacui lateinisch = die Angst vor dem Leeren von der aristotelischen Physik ausgehende Annahme, die Natur sei überall um Auffüllung eines leeren Raumes bemüht
Horrorvideo
Hor ror vi deo Substantiv, Neutrum , das |H o rrorvideo | Video Videofilm, der vom Thema und von der Gestaltung her darauf abzielt, beim Zuschauer Grauen und Entsetzen zu erregen
Horrorvision
Hor ror vi si on Substantiv, feminin umgangssprachlich emotional verstärkend , die |H o rrorvision |Schreckensvision
Spanish Dictionary
horror
horror nombre masculino 1 Sentimiento de gran miedo y repulsión causado por algo terrible o repugnante :daba horror el verle tan desfigurado; horror a la mentira .2 Cosa o hecho terrible o repugnante :cometió toda clase de horrores .3 coloquial Cosa que disgusta o enoja :el supermercado a esas horas es un horror .4 coloquial Gran cantidad :tiene un horror de libros .
horrorizar
horrorizar verbo transitivo Causar horror . Conjugación [4 ] como realizar .
horroroso, -sa
horroroso, -sa adjetivo 1 Que produce horror o miedo :un crimen horroroso .SINÓNIMO horrendo, horrible .2 Que es muy feo o desagradable :tenía un aspecto horroroso .SINÓNIMO espantoso, horrendo, horrible .3 Que es muy grande o intenso :en verano hace un calor horroroso; a mí me cuesta un trabajo horroroso .SINÓNIMO horrible .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
horror
hor ror /hɔ́ːrə r |hɔ́rə /〖語源は 「(恐怖で )毛が逆立つこと 」〗(形 )horrible, (動 )horrify 名詞 複 ~s /-z /1 U 恐怖 , うろたえ , ぞっとする思い (→fear 名詞 1 )▸ to one's horror 恐怖でぞっとしたことに, 肝を冷やしたことには ▸ in horror ぞっとして 2 C 〖通例 ~s 〗恐ろしい経験 , 惨事 , 悲惨さ ▸ the horrors of traffic accidents 交通事故の恐ろしさ 3 C 〖a ~〗嫌悪 , 毛嫌い , 恐れ ▸ I have a horror of spiders .私はクモが大嫌いだ 4 C ⦅くだけて ⦆とてもいやな人 [物 , 事 ]; 行儀の悪い子供 ; 醜い人 [物 ]▸ a little horror ⦅英 ⦆手に負えない子供 5 C 〖the ~〗強い不快感 ; 震え .g ì ve A the h ó rrors A 〈人 〉をぞっとさせる, 震え上がらせる .h ò rror of h ó rrors ⦅英 おどけて /皮肉で ⦆最悪の事態 ; 恐ろしいことに ; 何としたことだ .間投詞 ⦅通例おどけて ⦆〖~s 〗大変 , ひゃあ .~́ f ì lm [m ò vie ]ホラー映画 .~́ st ò ry ひどい [恐ろしい ]話 .
horror-stricken
h ó rror-str ì cken h ó rror-str ù ck 形容詞 〈人が 〉恐怖に襲われた, ぞっとした, びっくりした .