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Grammar : Noun
Spell : hawr-er, hor-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔr ər, ˈhɒr-

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Définition of horror

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French horror (12c., Modern French horreur) and directly from Latin horror "dread, veneration, religious awe," a figurative use, literally "a shaking, trembling, shudder, chill," from horrere "to bristle with fear, shudder," from PIE root *ghers- "to bristle" (cf. Sanskrit harsate "bristles," Avestan zarshayamna- "ruffling one's feathers," Latin eris (genitive) "hedgehog," Welsh garw "rough"). As a genre in film, 1934. Chamber of horrors originally (1849) was a gallery of notorious criminals in Madame Tussaud's wax exhibition.
  • noun fear, revulsion
Example sentences :
  • Then came smoke, the smell of scorching linen, and a cry of horror from Celine.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • There must be women there, and women meant screams, horror, betrayal.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • So I said I didn't love her to save her from the knowledge of this horror.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Her friends advised her to leave it, but she had a horror of removal, of change.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • Andrew, thrilling with horror, recognized one as a sawed-off shotgun.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He was not halfway around the house before he heard a voice that chilled him with horror.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The mitigation of that horror they condemn, resent, and often ascribe to the devil.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Not with an outburst of horror; he had not even been informed that he was irreverent.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Horror and pain may come, but not because he forgets—nay, just because he does not forget.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Through the cold and darkness came a shriek that chilled her with horror.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

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