Noun

(en noun)

An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.

An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.

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, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“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. […]”}}

A genre of fiction, meant to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.

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, year = 1898 , date = July 3 , newspaper = Philadelphia Inquirer , page = 22 , passage = 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. }}

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, year = 1917 , date = February 11 , newspaper = New York Times , section = Book reviews , page = 52 , passage = Those who enjoy horror , stories overflowing with blood and black mystery, will be grateful to Richard Marsh for writing ‘The Beetle.’ }}

* 1947 , re-release poster, tagline:

A Nightmare of Horror !

(informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; this sense can also be spoken or written as the horrors .

Noun

(tragedies)

A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.

The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.

A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.

* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=

, title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […]”}}