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Horror

/ˈhɒrə/
A feeling of great fear and shock

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Examples:

I don't like horror movies.Her face showed horror at the news.

Etymology:

etymology
From Middle French horror, from Latin horror, which means a bristling, roughness, ruffling; dread, dismay, fright, terror, from horrēre which means to bristle with fear, shudder.

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