HORROR

Meaning

An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English horer, horrour, from Old French horror, from Latin horror (“a bristling, a shaking, trembling as with cold or fear, terror”), from horrere (“to bristle, shake, be terrified”). Displaced native Old English ōga.

Synonyms & Antonyms

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 17 recorded puzzles:

• 2026-09-26OCHIMRU
• 2026-08-15OACDHIR
• 2026-02-10HBINORT
• 2025-11-08OCRLHIG
• 2025-04-05HAODCIR
• 2025-02-21HTIROLN
• 2024-11-11HADPROT
• 2024-10-21ORAMLGH
• 2024-10-15HTAROMB
• 2024-08-19HYATPOR
• 2024-07-20HACIORT
• 2024-02-07ODLHGIR

+5 earlier appearances in the archive.