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

Residents of the towers who were away when the fire started recounted the horrors of learning that their family members may have been trapped inside the buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I still cannot forget the horrors of those days," he says, voice choking with emotion.

From BBC

Torres wiped his hands over his face as if washing off the horrors of the day and pressed the record button.

From Los Angeles Times

That the world escaped the horrors of a nuclear-armed Tehran is a happy miracle.

From The Wall Street Journal

They had not appealed to a public seeking to turn the page on the horrors of what they'd lived through.

From BBC