Antonyms for horror
ˈhɔr ər, ˈhɒr-hor·ror

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1. horrornoun

   Synonyms:
   nightmare

2. horrornoun

   An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.

   Synonyms:
   nightmare

3. horrornoun

   An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.

   Synonyms:
   nightmare

4. horrornoun

   A literary genre, generally of a gothic character.

   Synonyms:
   nightmare

5. horrornoun

   (The horrors, informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression.

   Synonyms:
   nightmare

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1. horror

   Abomination (from the Latin ab omen, a thing of ill omen) was originally applied to anything held in religious or ceremonial aversion or abhorrence; as, "The things which are highly esteemed among men are abomination in the sight of God." Luke xvi, 15. The word is oftener applied to the object of such aversion or abhorrence than to the state of mind that so regards it; in common use abomination signifies something very much disliked or loathed, or that deserves to be. Choice food may be an object of aversion and disgust to a sick person; vile food would be an abomination. A toad is to many an object of disgust; a foul sewer is an abomination. As applied to crimes, abomination is used of such as are especially brutal, shameful, or revolting; theft is an offense; infanticide is an abomination.

   Antonyms:
   affection, appreciation, approval, benefit, blessing, delight, desire, enjoyment, esteem, esteem, gratification, joy, satisfaction, treat

   Synonyms:
   abhorrence, abomination, abuse, annoyance, aversion, crime, curse, detestation, disgust, evil, execration, hatred, iniquity, nuisance, offense, plague, shame, villainy, wickedness

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1. horror

   Antonyms:
   love, attraction, allurement, enticement

   Synonyms:
   fear, dread, shrinking, loathing, detestation, awe, dismay, fright, terror, excessive fear

Matched Categories

1. • Disgust
   • Fear

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1. horrornoun

   intense and profound fear

   Synonyms:
   repulsion, repugnance, revulsion

2. horrornoun

   something that inspires dislike; something horrible

   "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"

   Synonyms:
   repulsion, repugnance, revulsion

3. repugnance, repulsion, revulsion, horrornoun

   intense aversion

   Synonyms:
   repulsive force, inconsistency, repugnance, revulsion, incompatibility, standoff, repulsion, mutual exclusiveness

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1. horrornoun

   Synonyms:
   abhorrence, dread, consternation, detestation

How to use horror in a sentence?

1. Roosevelt, Eleanor:

   You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

2. Anthony Summers:

   The fact that there have only been two big catastrophes -- one was Pearl Harbor... and the other was 9/11. They are both the same kind of stature and horror in the American memory.

3. Joseph Liow:

   It is by far the most devastating attack that Bangkok has seen -- or Thailand has seen, for that matter -- as far as I can remember, cITY BOMB HORROR.

4. Jordan Peele:

   I used to go to the movie theater and watch horror movies and you know black people, we yell s --- at the screen, i ’d go watch like a Freddy movie and you ’d hear people saying s --- like, ‘ Oh, b ----, get out of the house ’ or ‘ No. no, no -- don’t walk backwards ! ’ or ‘ You’re white -- call the cops ! ’ I got it in my head that there was a missing piece of the conversation. There was a film that we were asking for, begging for that was n’t there for us.

5. Jeff Almer:

   My mother died a painful death from salmonella, and the look of horror on her face as she died shall always haunt me, i just hope they ship you all to jail.

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