horror

noun8

1. •
   great fear mixed with shock and a strong wish to turn away from something

   • Their swarthy Hosts wou'd darken all our Plains, / Doubling the native Horror of the War, / And making Death more grim. — 1712
2. •
   Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.

   • “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […] ” — 1904
3. •
   A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.

   • Those who enjoy horror, stories overflowing with blood and black mystery, will be grateful to Richard Marsh for writing ‘The Beetle.’ — 1917
4. •
   An individual work in this genre.
5. •
   Something horrible; that which excites horror.

   • I saw many horrors during the war.
6. •
   (informal) A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.

   • The neighbour's kids are a pack of little horrors!
7. •
   (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
8. •
   [in the plural] (informal) Delirium tremens.

   • `My belief is that he had the horrors without knowin' it.' — 1930