as in dreadfulness
the quality of inspiring intense dread or dismay
imagine the horridness of not being able to escape from the path of lava spewing from a volcano
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The period between sequels left plenty of room for satire at the expense of the horror genre, which expanded rapidly in the wake of the original film.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Mar. 2026 -
The horror has come now like a storm— what if this night prefigured the night after death— what if all thereafter was an eternal quivering on the edge of an abyss, with everything base and vicious in oneself urging one forward and the baseness and viciousness of the world just ahead.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Mar. 2026
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Our research examined how social media functions not simply as a space for outrage but also as a tool for truth-telling, collective memory and potentially atrocity prevention.—
Arnaud Kurze,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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This is just a small, partial list of atrocities against Americans since the Islamic Revolution in Iran.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps its incorporation of vogue ideas dazzles critics who might otherwise discern its awfulness (Amazon’s Transparent).—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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There is no way to sugarcoat the awfulness of those months of anxiety.—
Kate Callen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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What makes your own skin crawl isn’t just the hideousness of the violence but the unblinking matter-of-factness with which DaCosta films it.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Horridness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horridness. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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