| Horror (horror) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Hor"ror |
| [Formerly written
horrour.] [L. horror, fr. horrere to bristle, to
shiver, to tremble with cold or dread, to be dreadful or terrible;
cf. Skr. h(?)sh to bristle.] |
A
bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.
A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in
the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill
of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an
algor.
A painful emotion of fear, dread, and
abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling
inspired by something frightful and shocking.
That which excites horror or dread, or is
horrible; gloom; dreariness.
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