hor·ror (hôr  r, h r-)n. 1. An intense, painful feeling of repugnance and fear. See Synonyms at fear. 2. Intense dislike; abhorrence. 3. A cause of horror. 4. Informal Something unpleasant, ugly, or disagreeable: That hat is a horror. 5. horrors Informal Intense nervous depression or anxiety. Often used with the. [Middle English horrour, from Old French horreur, from Latin horror, from horr  re, to tremble.] |
horrors [ˈhɒrəz]
pl n
1. Slang a fit of depression or anxiety
2. (Psychiatry) Informal See delirium tremens
interj
an expression of dismay, sometimes facetious
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