horror of horrors
Mock dismay phrase
Horror of horrors is an exclamation expressing shock or dismay, often used ironically to mock trivial complaints or exaggerated reactions: Horror of horrors, the coffee shop was out of oat milk.
Sincere use is rarer and more literary, reserved for genuinely terrible revelations.
- frighteninglyIn terror-inducing manner
- frightfulInspiring terror or shock
- terrifyingEvoking extreme fear
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
scary · irony · hyperbole · terror · abomination · dread · shock · satire · exaggeration · revulsion · disgust · loathing · alarm · aversion · anguish · panic · metaphor · imagery
emotional valence
horror of horrorswonder of wonders
Exclamation of amazed disbelief
happy days · hallelujah · thank goodness · what a relief · praise be
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