| horreo | Latin (lat) | I am frightful.. I dread, am afraid of.. I stand erect, stand on end.. I tremble, shiver. |
| horror | Latin (lat) | Bristling (standing on end). Dread, terror, horror. Shaking, shivering, chill. |
| horror | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Horror or terror. |
| horrour | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| horror | English (en) | (countable) An intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.. (countable, uncountable) An intense painful emotion of fear or repugnance.. (informal) An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; this sense can also be spoken or written as the horrors.. (uncountable) A genre of fiction, meant to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense. |
