ADJ

abject, absolute, utter
The thought of working nights fills me with abject horror
mock
She raised her hands in mock horror when she saw my new haircut

VERB + HORROR

feel, have
She felt horror and pity at seeing Marcus so ill. She had a horror of pubs
fill sb with
The possibility of meeting him again filled me with horror
overcome
recoil in
Anna recoiled in horror as the snake approached

HORROR + NOUN

film, story
They were trying to scare each other with horror stories about going to the dentist

PREP

in ~
They watched in horror as the aircraft crashed to the ground
to your ~
To his horror, he saw a dead body lying beside the road
with ~
He realized with absolute horror that he no longer had the money
~ of
I'm trying to overcome my horror of insects

PHRASES

a look of horror, shock horror
newspapers full of shock horror headlines

ADJ

full
He never experienced the full horrors of trench warfare
ultimate
I used to regard public speaking as the ultimate horror

VERB + HORROR

commit, inflict, perpetrate
He had witnessed horrors committed by the enemy
experience, suffer
witness