horror
/ˈhoɹɚ/ noun A2- An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.
- Something horrible; that which excites horror. · I saw many horrors during the war.
- Intense dislike or aversion; an abhorrence.
- A genre of fiction designed to evoke a feeling of fear and suspense.
- An individual work in this genre.
- A nasty or ill-behaved person; a rascal or terror. · The neighbour's kids are a pack of little horrors!
- An intense anxiety or a nervous depression; often the horrors.
- Delirium tremens.
Plural horrors
From the library
They had just started to cross this queer bridge when a sharp growl made them all look up, and to their horror they saw running toward them two great beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers.
The three men entered the fatal room together, while the horror-stricken butler followed at their heels, closing the door behind him to shut out the terrible scene from the maid servants.
“We will touch nothing until my superiors arrive,” he said in a hushed voice, staring in horror at the dreadful head.
There was no trace then of the horror which I had myself felt at this curt declaration; but his face showed rather the quiet and interested composure of the chemist who sees the crystals falling into position from his oversaturated solution.
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