horror
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From Latin horror (“‘a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror’”) < horrere (“‘to bristle, shake, be terrified’”).
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- Rhymes: -ɒrə(r)
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horror (plural horrors)
- An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.
- An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
- A literary genre, generally of a gothic character.
- (The horrors, informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression.
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- horror in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- horror in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- horror at OneLook® Dictionary Search
[edit] Portuguese
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- IPA: /ɔˈroɾ/
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Latin horror, horroris
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horror m.
- horror
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- IPA: /oˈroɾ/
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Latin horror, horroris
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horror m. (plural horrores)
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