horror

Other forms of horror

plural

horrors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about horror

What does horror mean?

horror means "intense and profound fear". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in horror?

horror has 2 syllables: hor-ror. The stress falls on "hor". In IPA it is /ˈhɔɹɚ/.

What is another word for horror?

Close synonyms include repugnance, repulsion, revulsion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is horror a common word?

horror is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.