Why this word is great
AGRISE — [Verb] To shudder with horror; to tremble or be terrified, or to cause someone to do so. From Old English āgrīsan ("to dread, shudder"), derived from a- (intensive prefix) + *grīsan ("to shudder"), related to grisly ("horrifying"). Unlike "shudder" (a mere physical spasm) or "terrify" (which speaks only to the act of frightening), "agrise" is the full-body recoil from the abyss. It is the involuntary twitch of a hand brushing a corpse in the dark, the hair rising at the sound of a voice long thought dead, or the way a crowd might collectively freeze at the sight of something unspeakable—the body’s mute testament to the mind’s collapse.