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/ɔ.ʁœʁ/

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Translation

horror

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Word origin

From Latin horror ('a bristling, a shudder, dread'), from horrere ('to bristle, to tremble'). The very common French phrase avoir horreur de means to loathe something rather than merely to fear it. English 'horror', 'horrid' and 'abhor' share the root.

Origin
Latin
Root
horror
English cognates
horror, horrid, abhor

Grammar

Genderfeminine
Pluralhorreurs

Examples

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She loathes spiders.

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I hate being woken up before seven o'clock.

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A horror film has no effect on me any more.

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He watched the scene in horror.

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What a horror that wallpaper is!

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This word is taught in chapter 20, lesson 4: horreur, vous-même, poil and 7 more words.