Defn: That which causes horror. [R.] Miss Edgeworth.
HORRIFY
Hor"ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Horrified; p. pr. & vb. n.
Horrifying.] Etym: [L. horrificare. See Horrific.]
Defn: To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders. E. Irving.
HORRIPILATION
Hor*rip`i*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. horripilatio, fr. horripilare to
bristle; horrere to bristle + pilus the hair: cf. F. horripilation.]
(Med.)
Defn: A real or fancied bristling of the hair of the head or body, resulting from disease, terror, chilliness, etc.
HORRISONANT
Hor*ris"o*nant, a.
Defn: Horrisonous. [Obs.]
HORRISONOUS Hor*ris"o*nous, a. Etym: [L. horrisonus; horrere to be horrible + sonus a sound.]
Defn: Sounding dreadfully; uttering a terrible sound. [Obs.] Bailey.
HORROR Hor"ror, n. Etym: [Formerly written horrour.] Etym: [L. horror, fr. horrere to bristle, to shiver, to tremble with cold or dread, to be dreadful or terrible; cf. Skr. h to bristle.]