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Collocations for horror - noun

1. feeling of fear/shock

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

2. sth frightening/shocking

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

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