horrors

/ ˈhɒrəz /

plural noun

1. slang,  a fit of depression or anxiety

2. informal,  See delirium tremens

interjection

1. an expression of dismay, sometimes facetious

Example Sentences

When they saw the horrors inside, they called the police immediately.

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But, then again, neither is motherhood; neither is being an adult; neither is getting out of bed every day and seeing what new horrors might await once we leave the house.

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But for the first time since the Hamas attacks on Israel, there is a realistic chance of ending the horrors of the last two years.

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Beneath the supernatural grotesqueries, Mr. King reflects on the mundane horrors—insularity, seediness and dead ends—of American small-town life.

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While watching the cruelty unfold outside the house, where neighbours or passers-by could have easily seen, it left her dreading what horrors were happening behind closed doors.

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