HORROR: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HORROR?

Need another word that means the same as “horror”? Find 32 synonyms and 30 related words for “horror” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Horror” are: repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, terror, fear, fear and trembling, fearfulness, fright, alarm, panic, dread, trepidation, awfulness, frightfulness, cruelty, savagery, gruesomeness, ghastliness, hideousness, dismay, consternation, perturbation, distress, hate, have a strong aversion to, be unable to bear, be unable to stand, rascal, devil, imp, monkey, scamp

Horror as a Noun

Definitions of "Horror" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “horror” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Intense aversion.
• A bad or mischievous person, especially a child.
• An attack of extreme nervousness or anxiety.
• Intense and profound fear.
• Something that inspires horror; something horrible.
• Something that inspires dislike; something horrible.
• Intense dislike.
• A thing causing a feeling of horror.
• Used to express dismay.
• A literary or film genre concerned with arousing feelings of horror.
• Intense dismay.
• An intense feeling of fear, shock, or disgust.

Synonyms of "Horror" as a noun (32 Words)

alarm	An alarm clock. Some experts view the plan with alarm.
awfulness	A quality of extreme unpleasantness. The chilli and pineapple relish did manage to mask the awfulness of the deep fried brie.
be unable to bear	A light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element.
be unable to stand	A light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element.
consternation	Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. To her consternation her car wouldn t start.
cruelty	Cruel behaviour or attitudes. He has treated her with extreme cruelty.
devil	A word used in exclamations of confusion. What the devil.
dismay	The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles. To his dismay she left him.
distress	Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain. A company in financial distress.
dread	Dreadlocks. Flocks of wood sandpiper often excitable noisy and given to dreads.
fear	An anxious feeling. Police launched a hunt for the family amid fears for their safety.
fear and trembling	An anxious feeling.
fearfulness	The trait of being afraid.
fright	An experience that causes one to feel sudden intense fear. She s had a nasty fright.
frightfulness	The quality of being frightful.
ghastliness	The quality of being ghastly.
gruesomeness	The quality of being ghastly.
hate	Intense dislike. Feelings of hate and revenge.
have a strong aversion to	A person who possesses great material wealth.
hideousness	Dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness.
imp	A small, mischievous devil or sprite. A cheeky young imp.
monkey	A person who is dominated or controlled by another with reference to the monkey traditionally kept by an organ grinder. Where have you been you little monkey.
panic	Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events. She hit him in panic.
perturbation	Activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption. Frank s atheism was more than a perturbation to Michael.
rascal	A deceitful and unreliable scoundrel. A lovable rascal.
repugnance	Intense aversion. Our repugnance at the bleeding carcasses.
repulsion	The force by which bodies repel one another. Bond lengths are increased due to increasing repulsion between the atoms.
revulsion	A sense of disgust and loathing. News of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion.
savagery	(chiefly in historical or literary contexts) the condition of being primitive or uncivilized. She was treated with particular savagery by cartoonists.
scamp	A wicked or worthless person; a rogue. Some little scamp stuffed tissue paper in between the hammer and the bell.
terror	Terrorism. She had a terror of darkness.
trepidation	Trembling movements or motion. The men set off in fear and trepidation.

Usage Examples of "Horror" as a noun

• To her horror she found that a thief had stolen the machine.
• The painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him.
• Children screamed in horror.
• That little horror Zach was around.
• Horrors, two buttons were missing!
• Photographs showed the horror of the tragedy.
• Many have a horror of consulting a dictionary.
• The horrors of civil war.
• The mere thought of it gives me the horrors.
• A horror film.

Associations of "Horror" (30 Words)

afraid	Filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement. Suddenly looked afraid.
alarming	Frightening because of an awareness of danger. Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.
appall	Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
browbeat	Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate. A witness is being browbeaten under cross examination.
chilling	Horrifying or frightening. A chilling account of the prisoners fate.
claustrophobia	A morbid fear of being closed in a confined space. The small stuffy room had begun to give him claustrophobia.
daunt	Make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive. Some people are daunted by technology.
fear	Regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of. Farmers fear that they will lose business.
fearfulness	An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight.
formidable	Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable. The formidable prospect of major surgery.
fright	Frighten. I got the fright of my life seeing her in the hotel.
frighten	Drive out by frightening. If you say anything to him you might frighten him off.
frightening	The act of inspiring with fear. A frightening experience.
gaze	(in literary theory) a particular perspective considered as embodying certain aspects of the relationship between observer and observed. The male gaze.
haunt	Haunt like a ghost pursue. The bar was a favourite haunt of artists of the time.
horrific	Causing horror. Horrific injuries.
intimidate	To compel or deter by or as if by threats. Her boss intimidates her.
panic	Drive someone through panic into hasty action. He ran to the library in a blind panic.
petrify	Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit. Slogans petrify our thinking.
phobia	An anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations. She suffered from a phobia about birds.
sanguinary	Marked by eagerness to resort to violence and bloodshed. They lost heavily in the sanguinary campaigns that followed.
scare	Become scared. Gosh that gave me a scare.
scared	Made afraid. We re both scared of spiders.
scary	Uncannily striking or surprising. A scary movie.
startle	To stimulate to action. A sudden sound in the doorway startled her.
terrible	Extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact. A terrible crime.
terrified	Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation. The terrified horse bolted.
terrify	Fill with terror; frighten greatly. She was terrified he would drop her.
terrifying	Causing extreme fear. A terrifying wail.
terror	Terrorism. His delivery is the terror of even world class batsmen.