horror
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See also Horror
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- horrour (UK, hypercorrect spelling) or archaic.
Etymology [edit]
From Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (US) IPA: /ˈhɔɹ.ɚ/, IPA: /ˈhɔɚ/
- (NY), (Philadelphia) IPA: /ˈhɑɹ.ɚ/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒɹə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)
Noun [edit]
horror (plural horrors)
- An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.
- An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace[1]:
- “Mrs. Yule's chagrin and horror at what she called her son's base ingratitude knew no bounds ; at first it was even thought that she would never get over it. […]”
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace[1]:
- A literary genre, generally of a gothic character.
- (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; this sense can also be spoken or written as the horrors.
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External links [edit]
- 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
Latin [edit]
Noun [edit]
horror (genitive horrōris); m, third declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | horror | horrōrēs |
| genitive | horrōris | horrōrum |
| dative | horrōrī | horrōribus |
| accusative | horrōrem | horrōrēs |
| ablative | horrōre | horrōribus |
| vocative | horror | horrōrēs |
Portuguese [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Latin horror, horroris
Noun [edit]
horror m (plural horrors)
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Spanish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin horror, horroris
Noun [edit]
horror m (plural horrores)
