horror show

noun

: something difficult to deal with or watch
the trial was a horror show

Examples of horror show in a Sentence

The trial has been a horror show.
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Reede’s reaction to the news is basically, Oh no, Kit is a horror show, which honestly could be fun! Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025 The horror show unfurled inside the B/Q Prospect Park station in Flatbush near the border of Crown Heights around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, cops said. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025 That nightmare will become a true horror show in neighborhoods like Edgewater as a result of the City Council’s recent dropping of parking requirements for developments near mass transit. Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025 Last month, to rally support for a massive infusion of funding to fix the troubled U.S. air traffic control system, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy staged a public horror show of the Federal Aviation Administration’s outdated technology. Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for horror show

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1959, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of horror show was circa 1959

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“Horror show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horror%20show. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.

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