horrere

  • 1horreur — [ ɔrɶr ] n. f. • 1160; lat. horror I ♦ Sens subjectif 1 ♦ Impression violente causée par la vue ou la pensée d une chose affreuse ou repoussante. ⇒ effroi, épouvante, peur, répulsion. Frémir d horreur. Être frappé, saisi, glacé, muet, pâle d… …

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  • 2Horripilation — Better known as goose bumps, a temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of little muscles, as from cold, fear, or excitement. The chain of events leading to this skin change starts with a stimulus such as cold or …

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  • 3Arrectores pilorum — Tiny muscles that act as the hair erector muscles. The arrectores pilorum play a key role in goose bumps, a temporary local change in the skin The chain of events leading to this skin change starts with a stimulus such as cold or fear. That… …

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  • 4Cutis anserina — Better known as goose bumps, a temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of little muscles, as from cold, fear, or excitement. The chain of events leading to this skin change starts with a stimulus such as cold or …

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  • 5Goose bump — A temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of little muscles, as from cold, fear, or excitement. The chain of events leading to this skin change starts with a stimulus such as cold or fear. That stimulus causes a …

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  • 6Gooseflesh — A temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of little muscles, as from cold, fear, or excitement. The chain of events leading to this skin change starts with a stimulus such as cold or fear. That stimulus causes a …

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  • 7horrend — üppig; übermäßig; bombastisch * * * hor|rẹnd 〈Adj.〉 1. übermäßig, ungeheuer 2. 〈veraltet〉 schrecklich ● ein horrender Preis [<lat. horrendus „schauderhaft, schrecklich“] * * * hor|rẹnd <Adj.> [lat. horrendus, zu: horrere = schaudern;… …

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  • 8Horror — Grauen; Horrortrip (umgangssprachlich) * * * Hor|ror [ hɔro:ɐ̯], der; s: Angst, Schauder, Abscheu, Widerwille: er hatte einen Horror vor dem Älterwerden; sie hatte einen Horror vor Schlangen. Syn.: ↑ Entsetzen, ↑ Grauen, ↑ Scha …

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  • 9horrible — [14] The Latin verb horrēre was used for hair standing on end or bristling. A common cause of this phenomenon is of course fear, and so in due course horrēre came to mean ‘tremble, shake, be filled with fear and revulsion’. The latter sense has… …

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  • 10Horror — Sm Schrecken erw. fremd. Erkennbar fremd (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt und relatinisiert aus frz. horreur f., dieses aus l. horror, einer Ableitung von l. horrēre schauern, sich entsetzen . Im 20. Jh. auch unter dem Einfluß von ne. horror. Dazu… …

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