Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A feeling of great fear and shock
Horror
/ˈhɒrə/Synonyms:
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Examples:
No lurking horrors were to upbraid him for his easy credulity.I returned to the hotel, feeling sick with horror.Faustus thought with horror.
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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