How to pronounce horror

Say it like this: /ˈhoɹɚ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/ˈhoɹɚ/

What does horror mean?

nounAn intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.

“Their swarthy Hosts wou'd darken all our Plains, / Doubling the native Horror of the War, / And making Death more grim.”

Something horrible; that which excites horror.

“I saw many horrors during the war.”

Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.

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