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US
/ˈhɔɹɝ/
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[ UK /hˈɒɹɐ/ ]
[ UK /hˈɒɹɐ/ ]
NOUN
- intense and profound fear
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something that inspires horror; something horrible
the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him - intense aversion
How To Use horror In A Sentence
- There are many horror stories about an ex-spouse getting the proceeds of a big life insurance policy or the accidental disinheritance of a child because the owner never changed the beneficiary," Norfolk warns. How To Protect Your Spouse Financially After You're Gone
- So I think of Beckett as not being religious in the usual sense but at least being alive, being truly alive, and horror-struck by it.
- Even the Magdalene herself, eyes turned in horror from the abandoned grave to the radiant glory of the seraphim, had the faint touch of that naiveté in her eyes.
- They do not strengthen their case by repeating their horror. Times, Sunday Times
- Guardian International correspondent Jonathan Steele called Bush's and Blair's denial of the horrors attending the Iraq civil war "Panglossian" - referring to the ever optimistic Dr. Pangloss of Voltaire's novel Candide who, at every disaster, proclaims that ours is the best of all possible worlds. Surge to Purge: The 80% Solution in Iraq
- I compassionated him, and sometimes felt a wish to console him; but when I looked upon him, when I saw the filthy mass that moved and talked, my heart sickened, and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred. Chapter 17
- Shock,(sentence dictionary) horror! Carl James was seen talking to a woman and it wasn't his wife.
- They're showing a triple bill of horror movies .
- People watched in horror as the small plane crashed to the ground.
- The final episode of this hard-hitting series delves into little-known horrors behind history. The Sun