Sự khiếp, sự ghê rợn

Điều kinh khủng; cảnh khủng khiếp

Sự ghét độc địa, sự ghê tởm

(y học) sự rùng mình

( the horrors) cơn rùng mình, sự sợ hãi; trạng thái ủ rũ buồn nản (trong cơn mê sảng của những người nghiện rượu nặng)

Ly kỳ, rùng rợn, kinh dị

horror film

phim kinh dị

sự khiếp sợ

khủng khiếp

N.

Fear and loathing, repugnance, terror, dread, hatred,revulsion, detestation, abhorrence, distaste, dislike; aversion,antipathy, hostility, animosity, animus, rancour; odium,execration: She has a horror of bats.

Fear, dismay,distress, dread, fright, alarm, upset, perturbation, panic,terror, fear and trembling, trepidation, anxiety, angst,apprehension, uneasiness, queasiness, nervousness, awe: Thedoctor helped me overcome my horror of flying.

N. & adj.

N.

A painful feeling of loathing and fear.

A(often foll. by of) intense dislike. b (often foll. by at)colloq. intense dismay.

A a person or thing causing horror.b colloq. a bad or mischievous person etc.

(in pl.; prec. bythe) a fit of horror, depression, or nervousness, esp. as indelirium tremens.

A terrified and revolted shuddering.

(inpl.) an exclamation of dismay.

Attrib. adj. (of literature,films, etc.) designed to attract by arousing pleasurablefeelings of horror.

Chamber of Horrors a place full of horrors(orig. a room of criminals etc. in Madame Tussaud's waxworks).horror-struck (or -stricken) horrified, shocked. [ME f. OF(h)orrour f. L horror -oris (as HORRID)]