noun
1 feeling of fear/shock
ADJECTIVE
▪ abject , absolute , pure , sheer , utter
▪
The thought of working nights fills me with abject ~.
▪ mock
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She raised her hands in mock ~ when she saw my new haircut.
VERB + HORROR
▪ feel , have
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She felt ~ and pity at seeing Marcus so ill.
▪
She had a ~ of snakes.
▪ fill sb with
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The possibility of meeting him again filled me with ~.
▪ imagine
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Imagine my ~ when I discovered I'd be working for my ex-wife.
▪ overcome
▪ recoil in
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Anna recoiled in ~ as the spider approached.
▪ express
HORROR + NOUN
▪ film ( esp. BrE ), movie , story
▪
They were trying to scare each other with ~ stories about going to the dentist.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
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They watched in ~ as the aircraft crashed to the ground.
▪ to your ~
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To his ~, he saw a dead body lying beside the road.
▪ with ~
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He realized with absolute ~ that he no longer had the money.
▪ ~ of
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I'm trying to overcome my ~ of insects.
PHRASES
▪ a look of ~
2 sth frightening/shocking
ADJECTIVE
▪ full , real , true
▪
He never experienced the full ~s of trench warfare.
▪ ultimate
▪
I used to regard public speaking as the ultimate ~.
▪ unspeakable
VERB + HORROR
▪ commit , inflict , perpetrate
▪
He had witnessed ~s committed by the enemy.
▪ experience , know , suffer
▪ see , witness
▪ describe