horror

«horror» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong feeling of fear and shock — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (horror; a horror, horrors); adjective use (horror film)

meaning for a pupil

1) Horror is a strong feeling of fear and shock. tree →

2) Something terrible or very frightening: «the horrors of war». tree →

3) A kind of story or film meant to scare people: «a horror film». tree →

4) (informal) A naughty child: «You little horror!» tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories, films and news. Phrases: «in horror», «to my horror», «horror story», «horror film», «horror movie». It tells the reader that something is shocking or scary.

examples

• She watched in horror as the vase fell. tree →
• To my horror, I'd forgotten my homework. tree →
• My big sister loves horror films. tree →
• The book describes the horrors of war. tree →
• That little horror ate all the biscuits! tree →
• The kids told horror stories round the campfire. tree →
• ‘SEVEN YEARS AGO!’ cried Jem, with horror. tree →

note

Adjectives: horrible, horrific, horrified (feeling horror), horrifying. «Horror film» (UK) = «horror movie» (US). Many horror films are age-rated and not for young children.

In the corpora

• Before passing a story on, check it: a small nip can become a horror story in three tellings.
• Horror cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
• Fear and trembling come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
• Even when I remember I am affrighted, and horror hath taketh hold on my flesh.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «horror» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.