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horror noun
/ˈhɒr.ər/
/ˈhɔːr.ɚ/ n Definition
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[U] an extremely strong feeling of fear and shock, or the frightening and shocking character of somethingThe crowd cried out in horror as the car burst into flames.
The thought of speaking in front of so many people fills me with horror.
I then realized to my absolute horror, that I had forgotten the present.
What the book does convey very successfully is the horror of war.
horrors
[plural] things that are very shocking or frightening
The population now faces the horrors of starvation.
Nuclear war is one of the horrors that face the modern world.
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[C] UK informal a child who behaves very badlyHer youngest boy is a little horror.
(Definition of horror noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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