English-Danish translations for horror

• gru
  Endnu engang gentager historien sig selv i al sin gru på Europas dørtrin. Once again, history is repeating itself, in all its horror, on Europe's doorstep.
  Et snigende etisk digebrud er også et skridt ind i en fremtid, som fylder os med gru. This insidious ethical breach is a step into a future that fills us with horror.
  De multinationale selskaber er ansvarlige for strukturel vold. De har opbygget en verden med uligheder og gru. The multinationals are responsible for structural violence; they have built a world of inequality and horror.
• rædsel
  Vi deler følelsen af chok og rædsel. We share the sense of shock and horror.
  Vi ved alle, hvor det fører hen, nemlig til afgrunden og til rædsel. We all know where it leads: to the abyss and to horror.
  Srebrenica står som et symbol på rædsel og utrøstelig sorg. Srebrenica stands as a symbol of horror and inconsolable grief.

Definition of horror

• An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance
• Something horrible; that which excites horror
• Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence
• A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense
• An individual work in this genre
• A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror
• An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often '''the horrors'''

Examples

• I saw many horrors during the war.
• The neighbours kids are a pack of little horrors!

Related words

• horror-struck
• horror film
• horror story
• horror movie
• horror vacui
• horror punk
• horror scenario
• survival horror