| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hor·ror |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  hôr  r, h r- |
| NOUN: | 1. An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear. See synonyms at fear. 2. Intense dislike; abhorrence. 3. A cause of horror. 4. Informal Something unpleasant, ugly, or disagreeable: That hat is a horror. 5. horrors Informal Intense nervous depression or anxiety. Often used with the. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English horrour, from Old French horreur, from Latin horror, from horr re, to tremble.
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