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horror

hor·ror

UK/ˈhɒɹ.ə/ US/ˈhɔɹ.ɚ/ common informal

noun

1.
2.

something that inspires horror; something horrible

  • “the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him”
3.

Origin

From Middle English horer, horrour, from Old French horror, from Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”). Displaced native Old English ōga.

Phrases

  • analog horror
  • analogue horror
  • Belsen horror
  • body horror
  • chamber of horrors
  • digital horror
  • dry horrors
  • folk horror

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