horror
/ˈhoɹɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.43 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Their swarthy Hosts wou'd darken all our Plains, / Doubling the native Horror of the War, / And making Death more grim."
- "I saw many horrors during the war."
- "The Home Magazine for July (Binghamton and New York) contains ‘The Patriots' War Chant,’ a poem by Douglas Malloch; ‘The Story of the War,’ by Theodore Waters; ‘A Horseman in the Sky,’ by Ambrose Bierce, with a portrait of Mr. Bierce, whose tales of horror are horrible of themselves, not as war is horrible; ‘A Yankee Hero,’ by W. L. Calver; ‘The Warfare of the Future,’ by Louis Seemuller; ‘Florence Nightingale,’ by Susan E. Dickenson, with two rare portraits, etc."
- "Could there be stories with more horror than these?"
- "“Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […] ”"
- "Those who enjoy horror, stories overflowing with blood and black mystery, will be grateful to Richard Marsh for writing ‘The Beetle.’"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵʰers-, horer, horror
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhoɹɚ/
- British English: /ˈhɒɹə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
analog horror
analogue horror
Belsen horror
body horror
chamber of horrors
digital horror
dry horrors
folk horror