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something unpleasant to look at are you really going to hang that horror on the wall?

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Recent Examples of horror The project marks the Indian star’s first horror entertainer, a departure from his typical action fare. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 June 2025 The first season of Stranger Things, released way back in 2016, was eerie and quaint, a horror paperback brought to life with a killer soundtrack. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 2 June 2025 The book is a dark fantasy novel that draws from classic horror tropes. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 June 2025 Universal Pictures has released the trailer for Black Phone 2, the sequel to 2021's horror hit The Black Phone from writer-director Scott Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill. Tommy McArdle, People.com, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for horror
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horror
Noun
  • For rule-followers like me, the prankster types were a nightmare.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • Left-hander Reid Detmers, whose three-game nightmare stretch a month ago began with a game in Seattle, struck out two in a scoreless inning, including Mariners star Cal Raleigh.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • The mess, not the message, is what many Americans absorbed.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 June 2025
  • But chances are, this habit can snowball and become a cluttered mess.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Such a low number spurred fears the ongoing trade war may finally be starting to affect the economy’s hard data.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 June 2025
  • Exploiting this vulnerability, 764 members tend to elicit fear by threatening to share a victim’s explicit or harmful content with family and friends or publicly online, ultimately forcing them to comply with their demands.
    Alex Vance, Parents, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Watching The Disappearance of Josef Mengele leaves one without any real feeling beyond indifference or deep disgust.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2025
  • There is a real cost to this disgust in the workplace, where people are significantly less likely to stay in deeply unfair organizations.
    Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Throughout, the novel chips away at its foundational questions: Does there exist a punishment equal to the atrocity of killing one’s child?
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • The story of the atrocity is still being unearthed 140 years later.
    Stephen Miller, Bluesky Social, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Barking in agony, the fox scratches and claws in any attempt to free itself and get to safety.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 28 May 2025
  • Michaela calmly explains that Jocelyn got botched plastic surgery that’s kept her in private agony for the last decade.
    Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Here are the 10 actors who will be bringing the frights to Bates High.
    Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
  • Objects are often askew and out of frame, and everyday sounds like a toilet flush or blinds being pulled assume a low, staticky growl, as though frights fueled by childish imagination.
    Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Survey respondents’ anxiety over unemployment also declined, but a separate measure of employment trends from the Conference Board dipped slightly, reflecting lingering economic uncertainty.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 10 June 2025
  • When an industry accelerates this fast, anxiety is sure to follow and a growing number of CEOs aren’t asking whether to build with AI.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025

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“Horror.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horror. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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