horrors
Things beyond awful
Horrors is an exclamation of shock or dismay, typically theatrical or ironic: Horrors! The soufflé has fallen!
It sounds deliberately old-fashioned, often used for comic effect when reacting to minor calamities.
The phrase the horrors can also mean a fit of extreme fear or revulsion, or the distressing symptoms of alcohol withdrawal.
Intense anticipatory fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- frightSudden intense fear
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- alarmUrgent warning signal
trepidation · apprehension · shock · revulsion · disgust · repulsion · aversion · trauma
Extremely cruel acts
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- carnageWidespread violent death
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
brutality · inhumanity · suffering · trauma · witness · survivors · aftermath · crimes
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
- tensionStretched or strained state
- cliffhangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
stalker · chase · escape · psychological · slasher · survival · jump-scare · twist
Causing horror and disgust
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- grislyShockingly horrific
- goryFull of bloodshed
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
morbid · sinister · eerie · uncanny · cadaverous · deathly · charnel · carnage
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
alarm · trepidation · apprehension · shock · revulsion · disgust · repulsion · aversion · trauma · anguish
atrocities
Extremely cruel acts
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- carnageWidespread violent death
devastation · brutality · inhumanity · suffering · trauma · witness · survivors · aftermath · crimes · bombing
suspense
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
- tensionStretched or strained state
- cliffhangerSuspenseful unresolved ending
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
mystery · stalker · chase · escape · psychological · slasher · survival · jump-scare · twist · dread
gruesome
Causing horror and disgust
ghoulish · morbid · sinister · eerie · uncanny · cadaverous · deathly · charnel · carnage · mutilation
castle
Fortified medieval residence
- vampireBlood-drinking undead creature
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
ghostly · ruins · crypt · gargoyle · candlelight · fog · cloak · turret · phantom · sepulcher
incubus
Male demon of sleep
- succubusFemale demon seducing sleepers
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
phantasm · delirium · surreal · recurring · waking · fevered · visions · haunted · tormented · restless
- interjectionsah, hey, aha, sheesh, oh
- night terrorsnightmares, bogeymen, sleep paralysis, ghosts, phantoms
- atrocitiesHolocaust, genocide, massacre, massacres, ethnic cleansing
horrorsdelights
Gives intense pleasure
joys · pleasures · attractions · wonders · comforts
horrorscalms
Reduces agitation
reassurances · comforts · solaces · confidences · securities
- horror movieCinema meant to terrify
- horror storyNarrative intended to terrify
- horror storiesNarratives meant to frighten
- horror filmsMovies meant to frighten
- Rocky HorrorGlam rock musical phenomenon
- body horrorGenre exploiting physical revulsion