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English word horror comes from Latin horreo
horreo (Latin)
I am frightful.. I dread, am afraid of.. I stand erect, stand on end.. I tremble, shiver.
horror (Latin)
Bristling (standing on end). Dread, terror, horror. Shaking, shivering, chill.
horror (Old French)
Horror or terror.
horrour (Middle English)
horror (English)
(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.