1. Noun
A bristling up; a rising into roughness; tumultuous movement.
2. Noun
A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor.
3. Noun
A painful emotion of fear, dread, and abhorrence; a shuddering with terror and detestation; the feeling inspired by something frightful and shocking.
4. Noun
That which excites horror or dread, or is horrible; gloom; dreariness.
5. Noun
intense aversion
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
6. Noun
intense and profound fear
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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