horror
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[edit] English
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From Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”).
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- (US) IPA: /ˈhɔɹ.ɚ/, IPA: /ˈhɔɚ/
- (NY), (Philadelphia) IPA: /ˈhɑɹ.ɚ/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒrə(r), -ɔː(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
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horror (genitive horrōris); m, third declension
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| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | horror | horrōrēs |
| genitive | horrōris | horrōrum |
| dative | horrōrī | horrōribus |
| accusative | horrōrem | horrōrēs |
| ablative | horrōre | horrōribus |
| vocative | horror | horrōrēs |
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- IPA: /ɔˈroɾ/
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Latin horror, horroris
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horror m. (plural horrors)
- horror
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- IPA: /oˈroɾ/
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Latin horror, horroris
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horror m. (plural horrores)
