horrors
Britishplural noun
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slang a fit of depression or anxiety
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informal See delirium tremens
interjection
Example Sentences
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Katie Woodcock, Henry's stepmother, told the court: "I replay the horrors of that night over again. It keeps me awake at night."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
In a nearby tent was Zuhoor Musa Abdul Rahman, a 30-year-old housewife who recounted with unnatural calm the horrors that spurred her to flee El Fasher, a city some 300 miles east of Obeid.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Faley is keen to tell those in DR Congo that although difficult times may lie ahead, communities can recover from the horrors of Ebola.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Like Kafka, Schulz sublimated the horrors that surrounded him into vivid allegories of the fantastic and the extraordinary.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
It was near nightfall on a simmering July Saturday, and all the horrors of the night before seemed to be whisked away on the rushing wind.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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