horror story

English

Noun

horror story (plural horror stories)

1. A fictional narrative of distressing events.

   The film is based on a horror story by Edgar Allan Poe.

2. A disturbing rumour.

   We've heard horror stories about people being attacked in the elevator.

3. An unpleasant experience.

   It was more of a horror story than a vacation.

Translations

fictional narrative of distressing events

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恐怖故事 (kǒngbù gùshì)

• Dutch: horrorverhaal (nl) n
• Finnish: kauhutarina (fi)
• French: histoire d’horreur f, histoire d’épouvante f
• Hungarian: horrortörténet
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• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: historia de terror, historia de miedo f
• Swedish: skräckhistoria (sv)
• Uyghur: قورقۇنچلۇق ھېكايە (qorqunchluq hëkaye)

disturbing rumour

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可怕的謠言／可怕的谣言, 可怕的谣言 (kěpà de yáoyán)

• Finnish: kauhutarina (fi)
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• French: horreurs (fr) f pl
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

unpleasant experience

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恐怖的經歷／恐怖的经历, 恐怖的经历 (kǒngbù de jīnglì)

• Dutch: horrorverhaal (nl) n
• Finnish: kauhutarina (fi)
• French: horreur (fr) f
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• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: historia de terror f, historia de miedo f
• Swedish: skräckexempel (sv) n

See also

• horror show