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    [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 phrase]  | "chamber of horrors" 


    1: a place in which macabre or horrible objects are exhibited; also : a collection of such exhibits

    Origin: 1849 ;

    [Idiom]  | "horror of horrors" 


    1: —used to describe something as shocking or horrible

    [Noun]  | "horrors" 


    1: a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness;


      * e.g., " ... had never experienced the horrors of war "




    2: something unpleasant to look at;


      * e.g., " ... are you really going to hang that horror on the wall? "



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    3: a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness;


      * e.g., " ... cat lover or no, she regards cleaning the litter box with horror "



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    [Noun]  | "horror" 


    1: the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay;


      * e.g., " ... it's difficult to even begin to comprehend the horror of the Holocaust "




    2: a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness;


      * e.g., " ... had never experienced the horrors of war "



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    3: something unpleasant to look at;


      * e.g., " ... are you really going to hang that horror on the wall? "



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     [ "horrors" ]

    1: used to described being out of your head drunk. usually preceeded by the words "in the"

      * e.g.,  ... fuckin hell, i drank two crates of guinness and a half bottle of whiskey last night! i was in the horrors! 

     [ "horrors" ]

    1: Although in the south of Ireland it means to be utterly fluthered, in Dublin to be 'in the horrors' means being in a shockingly bad mood.

      * e.g.,  ... Micko was in the horrors this morning. Not surprising, I rode his mott last night. 

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    1: The Horrors Not Emos.

      * e.g.,  ... I cannot convey how awesome The Horrors are. Give them a chance (: 

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    2: They're nothing like you've ever seen before.

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    3: Big hair, crazy antics.

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    4: Faris Badwan (Vocals), Joshua Third (Guitar), Coffin Joe (Drums), Spider Webb (Originally keyboard and Synth, now Bass) and Tomethy Furse (originally Bass, now Keyboard and Synth).

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    5: Their debut album Strange House was garage/punk. Their latest album, Primary Colours sounds more like Joy Division or Echo and The Bunnymen. They are AMAZING live. Wehn I saw them live, Faris commented on the stickiness of the floor for about 5 minutes, and the bugs in the purple light. Joshua was pulled into the crowd and had to retrived my an uppish roadie, who Faris then tried to choke with the Microphone lead. I reccomend seeing them live. You will not be dissapointed.

     [ "horror" ]

    1: Catching your parents having sex.

      * e.g.,  ... "Hmm hm hm hm hm, hey Ma, can you--OH MY GOD! MOM--DAD--DOING IT--MY EYES!!! THEY BURN!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" 

     [ "in the horrors" ]

    1: A slang term that is traced back to Wexford, Ireland. The state of being completely annihilated, resulting from poor judgement regarding the alcohol intake in a given night. The real 'horror' will be the following morning, if you ever even make it home.

      * e.g.,  ... Matt: Did you see Christina last night? 

     [ "the horrors" ]

    1: the coolest most stylish band in britain at the moment, they have big hair, skinny jeans and awesome songs...plus their names are all crazy like coffin joe and faris rotter

      * e.g.,  ... 1) sheena is a parasite, by the horrors, is an awesome song 

     [ "the horrors" ]

    2: also theyve got some pretty smart lyrics

     [ "the horrors" ]

    3: there gonna be biiiig

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    1: The Horrors are one of the most influential bands to come out of England yet.

      * e.g.,  ...  The Horrors are renowned for their onstage antics; such as Faris climbing anything he can. 

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    2: Legions of fans accompany thes five guys.

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    3: Faris Badwan or Faris Rotter.

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    4: Joshua Von Grimm or Joshua Third.

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    5: Coffin Joe.

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    6: Spider Webb.

     [ "The Horrors" ]

    7: Tomethy Furse.

     [ "Horror" ]

    1: A film genre including subject matter meant to be terrifying and revolting yet, for some unexplainable reason, highly appealing to many moviegoers.

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude, I love Jackass 2. It's freakin' hilarious." 

     [ "Horror" ]

    2: There also exists a demographic of contrary thinkers:

      * e.g.,  ... "I know, man." 

     [ "Horrors" ]

    1: (as in the) A state of anxiety and paranoia brought on by excessive drinking the night before. Usually follows the physical symptoms of a hangover.

      * e.g.,  ... I went out three nights in a row and on the fourth night I didn't half have the horrors. 

     [ "horror" ]

    1: A seting invoking fear, tension, or utter shock.

      * e.g.,  ... Horror comes in many shapes and forms, horror lives everywhere. 

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