Horror vocabulary plays an important role in a horror story. Without perfect horror vocabulary, any horror story will sound dull and will give a bad reading experience for readers who have bought your book not just to put it on their shelves but to get terrified the hell out of their souls.
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If you just simply write a horror story without using proper horror vocabulary then readers may assume about your book that the writer has written a fiction story and selling it as a horror storybook. So don’t make the mistake of writing a horror story without using proper horror vocabulary.
The list of 101 best horror vocabulary to write a thrilling horror story.
- Terror
- Gothic
- Horror
- Demon
- Horrific
- Haunted
- Paranormal
- Devil
- Mysterious
- Castle
- Basement
- Enchanted
- Vampire
- Gloomy
- Afterlife
- Flesh
- Goosebumps
- Monster
- Zombie
- Witch
- Scream
- Graveyard
- Raven
- Quiver
- Black Cat
- Bat
- Ghastly
- Eerie
- Shivery
- Panic
- Grave
- Ugly
- Yelling
- Priest
- Peculiar
- Bogeyman
- Abandoned
- Dreadful
- Death
- Hallucinate
- Creepy
- Clown
- Crawling
- Hang
- Scares
- Horror-Struck
- Drip
- Coffin
- Scare Crow
- Buried
- Evil spirit
- Dracula
- Doll
- Unearthly
- Spirits
- Casket
- Presence
- Cemetery
- Spider Web
- Abnormal
- Insane
- Morbid
- Corpse
- Bible
- Uncanny
- Claustrophobic
- Entity
- Dark Dead
- Spooky
- Ghost Busters
- Frightened
- Sinister
- Numb
- Grin
- Eyeballs
- Possessed
- Cursed
- Bizarre
- Ghastly
- Strange
- Haunt
- Tortured
- Ocular
- Superstition
- Thrilling
- Whisper
- Shadow
- Unholy
- Fatal
- Freaked Out
- Moonlight
- Staring
- Calamity
- RIP
- Skull
- Spell
- Ash
- Wicked
- Midnight
- Hounds
- Death Bed
These are the best and essential horror vocabularies which have been collected from famous horror storybooks and using these terrifying vocabularies in your horror story will help you to properly set the horror and terrifying ecosystem in your story which will give the reader a great horror reading experience.
So now you know the best horror vocabulary and If you are yet struggling with your horror story idea then do read my article on 101 best horror story ideas.
If you are writing a horror story for the first time or you want to start with a short story then do read my article on How to Write a Horror Short Story in 7 simple steps.
If you have already written any story and thinking of publishing it as an ebook then do read my blog on How to Publish a Book On Google Play Books Store
