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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
  • 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
  • For rule-followers like me, the prankster types were a nightmare.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • The teaser at the end of this week’s hour-long episode promises bonafide flagship mess: Obnoxious guests, police coming onboard, deckhand Kyle apparently hooking up with a guest.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 3 June 2025
  • According to Tide’s fabric care scientist, Kim Romine, more concentrated liquid detergents won’t freeze all the way through, leaving you with a slippery mess.
    Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Choosing to be bold and to fight fear is not the easy choice.
    Mitchell W. Berger, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2025
  • By the end of the month, Mercury will clash with Pluto retrograde, forcing intense conversations that bring hidden fears around your work environment and culture, or past experiences that need to be dealt with to the surface.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 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
  • Immediately, people all over the world are uploading videos of their enemies committing atrocities, inflaming centuries-old animosities.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
  • After thousands of terrorists invaded Israel and committed mass atrocities, Hamas continued to commandeer aid, creating and taking advantage of a black market.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 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 16 Jun. 2025.

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