horrors

noun

plural of horror
1
as in nightmares
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness had never experienced the horrors of war

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2
as in messes
something unpleasant to look at are you really going to hang that horror on the wall?

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3
as in hatreds
a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness cat lover or no, she regards cleaning the litter box with horror

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Recent Examples of horrors Her intelligence and wit serve her well as the horrors unfold. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026 Ackie also offered her take on what has been driving the popularity of horror films, namely war and other horrors in the news. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026 Gore says his commitment to Hammer, his first major acquisition in the film world, is backed by a deeply personal connection, having adored its horrors while growing up in the late 60s and 70s. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026 The play is a gently unfolding, calmly delivered tale of the decades of horrors endured by a real-life person named Eddie Jaku. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026 Rebecca and Verity, which stars Johnson, are also about a new, naïve lover entering the home of a bad man with a wife hidden in his house of horrors. — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026 That result shocked many Germans who had believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to prohibit persecution. — Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026 That result shocked many Germans who had believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to outlaw persecution. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 To secretly persuade his young students to put on a musical about the horrors of 9/11 and its aftermath that’s certain to cause controversy and get the principal in trouble. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for horrors
  1. nightmares
  2. messes
  3. revulsions
  4. agonies
  5. frights
  6. tortures
  7. sights
  8. miseries
Noun
  • When her aunt Helena and paralyzed grandmother Regina arrive, the fragile boundaries between everyday life, ancestral superstition and Trina’s increasingly disturbing nightmares begin to collapse.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Fortuna noted rapid surveys also found that children with at least one immigrant parent are more likely to experience nightmares and higher levels of sadness.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of nightmares
Noun
  • Coffee spills, muddy shoes, pet mishaps, and everyday messes don’t have to turn into decorating disasters.
    — Ethan Stone October 9, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Tackle stubborn messes effortlessly with the Roborock Qrevo Edge 2 Robot Vacuum and Mop.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of messes
Noun
  • The deepest reason for this near-universal futility is that most of us remain imprisoned by the delusions of the ego, suffering from alternating cravings and revulsions.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Definition of revulsions
Noun
  • There are few harsher agonies than waiting, and throughout the great expanse of the CPKC ‘International’ Grand Prix presented by Rolex at the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’, two riders felt that in very different ways.
    — Tilly Berendt, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Sadly, in discouraging all the phantom agonies, FIFA inadvertently seems to have done away with the equally farcical phenomenon that is Magic Spray®.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of agonies
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  • Co-directors Matthias Clausen and Marc Andersen have created all kinds of studies into what keeps people coming back for frights.
    — Ayesha Rascoe, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026
  • There are also family activities, fall brews to sip, and food trucks to keep you fueled for the frights.
    — Michelle Mastro, Midwest Living, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of frights
Noun
  • Penal Code 597 states that any person who who maliciously and intentionally maims, mutilates, tortures, or wounds a living animal is guilty of a crime.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Tykes get slapped around, shot with arrows and dangled in traffic — tortures that are played seriously, but the shock of them allows you to guffaw.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of tortures
Noun
  • In Season 2, after winning an award for his investigation, Raybon sets his sights on another scandal — the disappearance of a prisoner — and his father, played by Tommy Lee Jones, pops up, too.
    — Shivani Gonzalez, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The streamer also has more anime and Japanese live-action content in its sights.
    — Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of sights
Noun
  • Some residents said hope is elusive given the island’s litany of miseries – from natural disasters to a bankrupt government to a financial control board that manages funding for infrastructure.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Cyclospora, an intestinal parasite, has sickened thousands of people and hospitalized hundreds with explosive diarrhea, painful cramping, or other gastrointestinal miseries.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of miseries

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“Horrors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horrors. Accessed 15 Oct. 2026.

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