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horror
noun
- Obsolete a shuddering
- the strong feeling caused by something frightful or shocking; shuddering fear and disgust; terror and repugnance
- strong dislike or aversion; loathing
- the quality of causing horror
- something that causes horror
- Informal something very bad, ugly, disagreeable, etc.
adjective
intended to cause horror: horror movies
See horror in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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