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View synonyms for horrors

horrors

/ ˈhɒrəz /

plural noun

  1. slang.
    a fit of depression or anxiety
  2. informal.
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


interjection

  1. an expression of dismay, sometimes facetious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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It included essays by Laotian people living under long-term U.S. bombardment along with drawings by children who depicted the horrors all around them.

From Salon

US-based animal rights group Lady Freethinker, which also helped track the global network, said the "horrors being inflicted on innocent, baby monkeys for online videos are sickening".

From BBC

It might be harder today than it was in 2003, given the fentanyl epidemic, which has turned the park and its environs into an outdoor museum of overdose horrors.

A former Welsh Guard has described having a "catastrophic breakdown" after witnessing untold horrors in Afghanistan.

From BBC

School shootings, child abuse, war – the list of real-life horrors is endless.

From Salon

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