Meaning: horror

'hɑrə(r) ,'hɔ- /hɒ'r-n.
intense and profound fearsomething that inspires dislike; something horribleintense aversion

shock horror Idiom, Proverb

throw one's hands up in horror

Idiom(s): throw one's hands up in horror

Theme: 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.

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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.

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