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(n)
Extreme aversion, repulsion.
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Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
(countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
Barren land having only a thin coat of grass.
A cause of terror or alarm; a panic; something that inspires fear or dread.
(adj)
Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
A thing that causes horror; a terrifying thing, particularly a prospective bad consequence asserted as likely to result from an act.
Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
Causing horror; horrifying.
A shocker: a report of a crime written in a provokingly lurid style.
Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
Extremely bad; awful; terrible.
(uncountable) The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
(uncountable) The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment.
The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.
A sudden, heavy impact.
(US, neologism, politics, social media) Initialism of affluent white female urban liberal.
An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
(informal) Something nasty.
Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
(countable) An abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
(uncountable) The state of being barbarous; brutality
A monstrous person, thing, or act.
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
The quality of being luxuriously self-indulgent.
The condition of being ugly.
Something that is bad; a harm or evil.
(slang) Something, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh.
(uncountable) The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
A very unpleasant or frightening dream.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
The use of unlawful violence against people or property to achieve political objectives.
A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
A person, group, or organization that uses violent action, or the threat of violent action, to further political goals.
A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
A long loose outer garment, often signifying honorary stature.
(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
(slang, mildly vulgar, uncountable) Something worthless or of poor quality; junk.
Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
The characteristic or quality of being gruesome.
The state of being ghastly.
Ghastly, shocking, terrifying.
The characteristic of being dreadful.
The state of being hideous; extreme ugliness
(nonstandard, rare) Alternative form of horror. [(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.]
The state or quality of being awful.
Death and destruction.
The characteristic or quality of being grotesque.
The property of being scary.
Extreme pain.
The quality of being frightful.
A fan of American author H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937).
Alternative form of grotesquerie. [The quality of being grotesque or macabre.]
Impossible to speak about.
Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
Causing great horror or terror.
Repellently frightful and shocking; ghastly, horrific.
Fascinated by corpses; morbid.
The quality of being grotesque or macabre.
The state or quality of being atrocious.
Horrifyingly shocking.
A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
An extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths.
The characteristic or quality of being grim.
The state of being vile.
A cruel or savage act.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being weird.
(voodoo, horror) A person, usually undead, animated by unnatural forces (such as magic), with no soul or will of his or her own.
The property of being horrible.
(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
(uncountable) Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
(uncountable) The nature or property that gives rise to revulsion or inspires loathing.
The characteristic of being bloody.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
Frightening or intimidating.
Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way.
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
Alternative form of sci-fi. [A genre of movies featuring mostly fictional scientific scenes.]
The quality of being fiendish.
The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
the pleasurable emotion of anticipation and excitement regarding the outcome or climax of a book, film etc.
A shivering tremor, often from fear or horror.
Behavior exhibiting excessive or uncontrollable emotions, in a wide range from joy to panic but usually including anxiety or fear.
A sensation of extreme shame or embarrassment.