- horror
- noun1 feeling of fear/shockADJECTIVE▪ abject, absolute, pure, sheer, utter▪
The thought of working nights fills me with abject horror.
▪ mock▪She raised her hands in mock horror when she saw my new haircut.
VERB + HORROR▪ feel, have▪She felt horror and pity at seeing Marcus so ill.
▪She had a horror of snakes.
▪ fill sb with▪The possibility of meeting him again filled me with horror.
▪ imagine▪Imagine my horror when I discovered I'd be working for my ex-wife.
▪ overcome▪ recoil in▪Anna recoiled in horror as the spider approached.
▪ expressHORROR + NOUN▪ film (esp. BrE), movie, story▪They were trying to scare each other with horror stories about going to the dentist.
PREPOSITION▪ in horror▪They watched in horror as the aircraft crashed to the ground.
▪ to your horror▪To his horror, he saw a dead body lying beside the road.
▪ with horror▪He realized with absolute horror that he no longer had the money.
▪ horror of▪I'm trying to overcome my horror of insects.
PHRASES▪ a look of horror2 sth frightening/shockingADJECTIVE▪ full, real, true▪He never experienced the full horrors of trench warfare.
▪ ultimate▪I used to regard public speaking as the ultimate horror.
▪ unspeakableVERB + HORROR▪ commit, inflict, perpetrate▪He had witnessed horrors committed by the enemy.
▪ experience, know, suffer▪ see, witness▪ describe
Collocations dictionary. 2013.