horror

  • 21horror — ► NOUN 1) an intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust. 2) a thing causing such a feeling. 3) intense dismay. 4) informal a bad or mischievous person, especially a child. ORIGIN Latin, from horrere shudder, (of hair) stand on end …

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  • 22horror — (Del lat. horror, erizamiento.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 Sentimiento de repulsión causado por un hecho catastrófico, sangriento o cruel: ■ nunca olvidó el horror de los campos de concentración. SINÓNIMO angustia 2 Miedo muy intenso: ■ me daba… …

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  • 23horror — noun 1 feeling of fear/shock ADJECTIVE ▪ abject, absolute, pure, sheer, utter ▪ The thought of working nights fills me with abject horror. ▪ mock …

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  • 24Horror — En este artículo sobre literatura y semántica se detectaron los siguientes problemas: Necesita ser wikificado conforme a las convenciones de estilo de Wikipedia. Carece de fuentes o referencias que aparezcan en una fuente acreditada …

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  • 25Horror —    As a genre, horror never achieved much appreciation until the 1970s. Of the great studios in the Golden Age, only Universal concentrated on horror films in the classical period, but this was because as a second string major it was, ideally, an …

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  • 26Horror —    As a genre, horror never achieved much appreciation until the 1970s. Of the great studios in the Golden Age, only Universal concentrated on horror films in the classical period, but this was because as a second string major it was, ideally, an …

    Historical dictionary of Spanish cinema

  • 27horror — hor|ror W3 [ˈhɔrə US ˈho:rər, ˈha: ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: horrour, from Latin horror, from horrere to raise one s hair stiffly, shake with fear ] 1.) [U] a strong feeling of shock and fear in horror ▪ Staff watched in horror… …

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  • 28horror — [[t]hɒ̱rə(r), AM hɔ͟ːr [/t]] ♦♦♦ horrors 1) N UNCOUNT Horror is a feeling of great shock, fear, and worry caused by something extremely unpleasant. I felt numb with horror... As I watched in horror the boat began to power away from me. Syn:… …

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  • 29horror — /hawr euhr, hor /, n. 1. an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear: to shrink back from a mutilated corpse in horror. 2. anything that causes such a feeling: killing …

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  • 30horror */*/ — UK [ˈhɒrə(r)] / US [ˈhɔrər] noun Word forms horror : singular horror plural horrors 1) [uncountable] a strong feeling of shock or fear caused by something extremely unpleasant in horror: Millions watched in horror as the disaster unfolded on TV.… …

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