horror
intense and profound fear
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,529 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,991 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- intense and profound fear
- something that inspires horror; something horrible the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him
- intense aversion also: repugnance, repulsion, revulsion
horror in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Dear God! was that Thy answer From the horror round about?
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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You have acted certain murders here in Rome, Bloody and full of horror.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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How can I describe my horror at seeing, as I believed, your brother Bartja?
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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Bibsworth would have been no more astonished than Lady Maria would, and Bibsworth certainly would have expired of disgust and horror.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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But Ferko pretended not to hear, and drove some more thousands before him, so that everyone quaked with horror and fear.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1