horror

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Supposing the horror was their horror, their fear of defeat She had left off being afraid of what might happen to her.

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  1. noun An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear. See Synonyms at fear.
  2. noun Intense dislike; abhorrence.
  3. noun A cause of horror.
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  • Except for the horrible part of it--and the horror was the meaning of what the parrot was saying, and what the parrot had said in the past--the thing was a rather flat ending for such a chain of danger Doc Savage and Charlie Custis came close to the house without being shot at. —  111 - The Pirate Isle
  • Kasdan and Goldman have focused on what is really the least compelling element of King's work, the horror -- horror is only the hook of the song he sings, not the beat that gets us dancing; they have directed us to consider the bad things and not the good people. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 02 - August 2003
  • But as he changed position, his golden eyes were sharpened for sight of the peril that rushed him He saw it--as fearful and loathsome a sight as human eyes ever beheld THE shocking size of the horror was apparent. —  002 - The Land of Terror
  • Pan of the horror was the thought that someday she could find herself animated as a similar creature if she happened to die in the vicinity of Castle Zombie. —  Dragon on a Pedestal
  • The pianist—who I'm just noticing much to my horror is also the male aerobics instructor with the hideous teeth— plays a mournful version of "Anything Goes." —  Glamorama
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English horrour, from Old French horreur, from Latin horror, from horrēre, to tremble.

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  1. Formerly also horrour; = French horreur = Spanish Portuguese horror = Italian orrore, from Latin horror, a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror, from horrere, bristle, shake, be terrified: see horrent and horrid.
 

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