Смысл: horror 
horror [ʹhɒrə]
n
<Í> 1. отвращение (и страх), ужас; омерзение
horror film [story, comic] - фильм [роман, комикс] ужасов
to have a horror of smth. - с отвращением относиться к чему-л.
to be filled with horror at the sight [at the thought] of smth. - быть в ужасе /прийти в ужас/ при виде чего-л. [при мысли о чём-л.]
to be in horror of darkness - панически бояться темноты
screams of horror - крики ужаса
to my unspeakable horror - к моему неописуемому ужасу
paralyzed with horror - оцепеневший от ужаса
that little girl has a horror of snakes and spiders - эта девочка до смерти боится змей и пауков
they have a horror of war - они ненавидят войну
a good housewife has a horror of dirt - хорошая хозяйка не выносит грязи
2.обыкн. pl
horrors of war - ужасы войны
the papers are full of horrors of every sort - газеты полны всяких ужасов
chamber of horrors - палата /комната/ ужасов (музей восковых фигур со сценами убийств и т. п. )
3.разг.
he is a perfect horror - он просто ужасный /противный, неприятный/ человек
that child is a little horror - не ребёнок, а сущее наказание
this hat is a horror - не шляпа, а просто кошмар
4.pl
1)разг.
the idea gives me the horrors - от этой мысли меня в дрожь бросает
2) белая горячка; пьяный бред
5.уст.
1) дрожь, озноб, мурашки (особ. как симптом болезни
2) шершавость; взъерошенность
<Í> 1. отвращение (и страх), ужас; омерзение
2.
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4.
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2) белая горячка; пьяный бред
5.
1) дрожь, озноб, мурашки (
2) шершавость; взъерошенность
shock horror Идиома
throw one's hands up in horror
Idiom(s): throw one's hands up in horrorTheme: SHOCK
to be shocked; to raise one's hands as if one had been frightened.
• When Bill heard the bad news, he threw his hands up in horror.
• I could do no more. I had seen more than I could stand. I just threw up my hands in horror and screamed.
throw up one's hands in horror|hand|hands|horror|t
v. phr. To be horrified; feel alarmed; give up hope of straightening things out; be shocked by something terrible. When Mrs. Brown saw the mess the children were making in her living room, she threw up her hands in horror. Everybody threw up their hands in horror at the destruction caused by the hurricane.horror
horrorsee under throw up one's hands.
shock horror
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