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[ noun ] intense and profound fear
Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)I recall the startling , vivid realism of a dream in which I lived through the horror of the bombing of a little Korean town . (Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)The persistent horror of having a malformed child has , I believe , been reduced , not because we have gained any control over this misfortune , but precisely because we have learned that we have so little control over it . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Certain this menace was only imaginary , he yet stared in fascinated horror , his hand sticky against the stock of his weapon . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)The previous night 's horror - the absolute failure , overcast with the intrusions of the press , had left them all with a wan sense of uselessness , of play-acting . |
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[ noun ] something that inspires horror; something horrible
Examples "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)It 's a horror . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)We now have not_only what has been called over here the comedy of menace but we also have horror jokes , magazines known as Horror_Comics , and sick comedians . `` If we cannot tell evil , horror , and insanity from nonsense , what is the future of humor and comedy '' ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] intense aversion
Synonyms Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)His appearance as Lizzy evokes not amusement but horror in the audience ; it is a spectacle absolutely painful , an epiphany of the suffering flesh unredeemed by spirit , untouched by any spirit other_than abasement and humiliation . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)One moment there was a man in the saddle ; the next a headless horror on a horse that bolted through the redcoat ranks , and during the next second or two , we all_of us fired into the suddenly disorganized column of soldiers . Related terms |
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