A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm.
Someone strange, ugly or shocking, producing a feeling of alarm or aversion.
frightened; afraid; affright
An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
An individual work in this genre.
Delirium tremens.
A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror.
Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
Something horrible; that which excites horror.
An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.