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as in dreadfulness
the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay
it's difficult to even begin to comprehend the horror of the Holocaust
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as in nightmare
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
had never experienced the horrors of war
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as in fear
the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger
imagine my horror at finding myself face to face with a lion on the loose
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as in disgust
a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness
cat lover or no, she regards cleaning the litter box with horror
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Recent Examples of horror
While there are fantastic streaming services dedicated to horror nuts, there’s also a wealth of genre hits and indie darlings on Prime Video.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the fire prompted two films to cancel their L.A. premieres last night, the sports drama Unstoppable and the horror flick Wolf Man.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
During the games, his character pops pills to take his mind off the horror of competing, even sharing them with fellow contestants.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
In addition to the horror of the holocaust, the Institute also needed to represent the idea of freedom and some kind of passageway between the couple.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the fire prompted two films to cancel their L.A. premieres last night, the sports drama Unstoppable and the horror flick Wolf Man.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
During the games, his character pops pills to take his mind off the horror of competing, even sharing them with fellow contestants.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
In addition to the horror of the holocaust, the Institute also needed to represent the idea of freedom and some kind of passageway between the couple.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for horror
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This is great for the Nvidia stock price, but a dystopian nightmare for humanity.—
Will Knight,
WIRED,
15 Jan. 2025
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The intrigue: Land management, the use of prescribed burns and expanding building in fire-prone areas have also contributed to this wildfire nightmare.—
Andrew Freedman,
Axios,
12 Jan. 2025
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Over the last month, the Rangers have been a mess at five-on-five — more than usual — and have had a bafflingly bad power play.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Here’s how the airports are preparing for what’s likely to be a mess starting Thursday.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2025
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The bitcoin price dropped to around $92,000 per bitcoin, restarting a sell-off that had lost steam earlier this week amid fears of a looming bitcoin price crash.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Two donors traveling with the program faced a deeper fear, grappling with the reality that their home in the fire zone might not withstand the flames — a fear later confirmed.—
Anthony De Leon,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2025
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My read is that Corbet is pointedly leading the viewer to pore over the specifics of Tóth’s fate: Although the director’s disgust for the hollowness of the institution that Tóth tries, and ultimately fails, to navigate is thuddingly clear, what happens next to the character is more oblique.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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From celebrities to plutocrats like Elon Musk, there’s more disgust with the elite than ever.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
31 Dec. 2024
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His incendiary rhymes, which boldly call out the atrocities carried out by the country’s dictatorial regime, have resulted in multiple arrests and extended stretches in prison over the last five years, for a sum total of 753 days.—
SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
9 Jan. 2025
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Indeed, in recent years, this designation was made in the cases of the Daesh atrocities against Yazidis, Christians and other religious minorities, the atrocities against Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China, and the atrocities against the Rohingya in Myanmar.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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Every muscle is in pure agony, but the show must go on.—
Emma Sharpe,
Vulture,
1 Jan. 2025
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Passion, poignancy, ecstasy, agony and a Tic Tac ad Best game Everton 2-0 Liverpool, of course.—
Patrick Boyland,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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The Vanishing will have no shortage of frights, action and bizarre phenomena.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
7 Jan. 2025
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Across seven seasons, viewers got a thrilling blend of laughs, frights, and goofy monster fights that felt innovative and transgressive in equal measure.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
22 Dec. 2024
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Then the widespread anxiety spurred by a wave of high-profile robberies and the deadly home-invasion of Jacqueline Avant.—
Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
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The situation caused Campbell a lot of anxiety, but became a pivotal shift in her perspective.—
Kait Hanson,
Glamour,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Horror.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horror. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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