hor-, horr- +
(Latin: bristling, roughness, rudeness, shaking, trembling)
abhor
1. To shrink away from in fear, disgust, or hatred; to detest, to hate.
2. To disapprove of or to reject something very strongly.
abhorred
Detested, hated.
abhorrence
1. A feeling of intense disapproval of something.
2. Someone or something that is strongly disapproved of.
3. Something which is disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
4. A feeling of repugnance or loathing about someone or something.
abhorrent
1. Arousing strong feelings of repugnance or disapproval about people, situations, or things.
2. That which is incompatible or conflicting with something.
3. Disgusting, loathsome, or repellent.
abhorrently
A description of abhorrence or intense disapproval of something.
abhorrer
Someone who regards others, or certain things, with extreme repugnance.
horrendous
1. Sufficiently unpleasant, frightening, or shocking so as to provoke horror.
2. Very large, great, or high, often unreasonably or excessively so.
3. Hideous; dreadful; shockingly dreadful; horrible.
horrent
Standing up like bristles, bristling; expressing horror.
horrescent
Expressing or showing horror.
horribility
Slang for the potential for something to become horrible.
horrible
1. Very bad, unpleasant, or unsightly.
2. Sufficiently frightening, distressing, or shocking so as to provoke horror.
3. Unkind, rude, or ill-behaved.
4. Arousing or tending to arouse horror; dreadful.
5. Very unpleasant; disagreeable.
horribly
1. In a distressing, or shocking way.
2. To a great or excessive extent.
horrid
1. Exceedingly bad: "She said something horrid to her father."
2. Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror.
3. Provoking disgust or extreme displeasure: "The rancid soup had a horrid taste."
4. Dreadful, shocking, or frightening enough to cause horror.
horridly
1. Something done in a manner to excite horror.
2. An action which takes place in a dreadfully, shockingly, unpleasantly, or in an unkindly manner.
horridness
1. A quality of extreme unpleasantness.
2. The qualities that do or may excite horror; hideousness; enormity.
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