Word Meaning

horror definition and meaning

n. A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.
n. 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.
n. A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking.
n. That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness.

Crossword clues for horror

- Alarm
- Extreme fear
- Extreme Hollywood terror genre
- Great fear
- Intense fear
- Scary movie or naughty child?