horreur

French

muteh
Definitions
  • horror (emotion)
  • horror something horrible
  • eyesore
  • (film) horror

Etymology

Inherited from Old French horror borrowed from Latin horror (trembling as with cold fear, a shaking, a bristling, terror).

Origin

Latin

horror

Gloss

trembling as with cold fear, a shaking, a bristling, terror

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