horrors

British  

/ ˈhɒrəz /

plural noun

1. slang a fit of depression or anxiety

2. informal See delirium tremens

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interjection

1. an expression of dismay, sometimes facetious

Example Sentences

I say this as someone who never had to deal with modern dating horrors, but has close friends who do, if they haven’t surrendered to heterofatalism entirely.

From Salon

The perils of a nuclear disaster seem relatively abstract compared to the very tangible horrors of an earthquake and tsunami.

From The Wall Street Journal

What good was being a Glitcher if I had to stand by as unspeakable horrors took place?

From Literature

Across the Union and the Confederacy, soldiers went from the horrors of war to the suffering of captivity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lucas Samaras was born in Kastoria, Greece, and as a boy witnessed the horrors of the Greek Civil War.

From The Wall Street Journal