the horrors Definition

horror
noun

1. Intense fear, loathing or disgust.

Thesaurus: dread, apprehension, terror, fright, fear, panic, shock, alarm, terror.
2. Intense dislike or hostility.

Thesaurus: aversion, dislike, abhorrence, antipathy, detestation, disgust, loathing, repugnance, revulsion.
3. Someone or something causing horror.
4. colloq
A bad, distasteful or ridiculous person or thing.
5. Said of literature, films, etc: based on horrifying, frightening or bloodcurdling themes.

Example: a horror film

Idiom: the horrors

colloq
A fit of extreme anxiety and fear.

Etymology: 14c: Latin, meaning ‘a shudder with fear'.