Definition of horror

"horror" in the noun sense

1. horror

intense and profound fear

2. horror

something that inspires horror something horrible

"the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"

3. repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, horror

intense aversion

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Quotations for horror

Abandon all remorse;
On horror's head horrors accumulate. [ William Shakespeare ]

Oh! I will curse thee til! thy frighted soul
Runs mad with horror. [ Lee ]

My sole defense against the natural horror which death inspires is to love beyond it. [ Mme. Swetchine ]

Nothing, or almost nothing, is certain to me, except the Divine Infernal character of this universe I live in, worthy of horror, worthy of worship. [ Carlyle ]

A miser is sometimes a grand personification of fear. He has a fine horror of poverty; and he is not content to keep want from the door, or at arm's length, but he places it, by heaping wealth upon wealth, at a sublime distance! [ Lamb ]

horror in Scrabble®

The word horror is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters horror:

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horror in Words With Friends™

The word horror is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

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Words within the letters of horror

2 letter words in horror (2 words)

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Words containing the sequence horror

Words that start with horror (4 words)

Words with horror in them (1 word)

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Word Growth involving horror

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