" horror "

[Noun]  | "hor*ror" | \ ˈhȯr-ər \

1: painful and intense fear, dread, or dismay

2: intense aversion or repugnance

3: the quality of inspiring horror : repulsive, horrible, or dismal quality or character

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English orrour, horrour, borrowed from Anglo-French horrour, horrur, borrowed from Latin horrōr-, horror "standing stiffly, bristling (of hair), shivering (from cold or fear), dread, consternation," derivative with the abstract noun suffix -ōr- (going back to *-ōs-) from the base of horrēre "to be stiffly erect, bristle (of hair, weapons, plants), shudder, shiver," going back to Indo-European *ǵhors-éi̯e-, iterative derivative of a stem *ǵhers- "bristle, become stiff," whence also Sanskrit hṛṣyati "(it) stands on end (of hair, from fear or joy), (s/he) rejoices";

  * Note : According to Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (2. Auflage, Wiesbaden, 2001) this base has fallen together with another base, *g(w)hers- "rejoice," in Vedic, and the outcomes are no longer completely distinguishable; the Lexikon attributes to the latter base Vedic hárṣate "rejoices, is excited," ghṛ́ṣuḥ, ghṛ́ṣvih "lively, wanton," as well as Parthian gš- "be cheerful," Sogdian w-γš- "rejoice." Michiel de Vaan (Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, Brill, 2008) posits a single base and assumes for ghṛ́ṣuḥ, ghṛ́ṣvih loss of palatal quality in zero grade. Earlier etymological dictionaries, as Pokorny, connect with *ǵhers- and an unextended form *ǵher- a wide variety of nominal forms (cf. {gorse|gorse}, {orgeat|orgeat}, {hirsute|hirsute}, {urchin|urchin}).;

[Noun]  | "horror show" 

1: something difficult to deal with or watch

Origin: circa 1959 ;

[Noun]  | "horror story" 

1: an account of an unsettling or unfortunate occurrence; also : something unsettling or unfortunate

Origin: 1937 ;

[Adjective]  | "horror" 

1: calculated to inspire feelings of dread or horror

Origin: 1936 ;

 From attributive use of {see: |horror:1|horror:1};

[Adjective]  | "hor*ror-struck" | \ ˈhȯr-ər-ˌstrək \

1: struck with horror

Origin: 1814 ;

[Idiom]  | "horror of horrors" 

1: —used to describe something as shocking or horrible

[Idiom]  | "have a horror of" 

1: to have a strong dislike for or fear of (something)

[Idiom]  | "shock horror" 

1: —used to say that one is surprised by something unpleasant or upsetting when one really is not

[Idiom]  | "to someone's horror" 

1: —used to say that a person is horrified about something

[Noun]  | "horror" 

[Noun]  | "horror show" 

[Noun]  | "horror shows" 

[Adjective]  | "horror-struck"