Added 9 October 2026
horror
/ˈhɒɹə/ noun
In Latin: horror Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about horror at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
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Something horrible; that which excites horror.
I saw many horrors during the war.
- Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
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.
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