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forlorn, woebegone, disconsolate, inconsolable, depressed,
dejected, melancholy, downcast, gloomy, miserable, discouraged,
wretched, lugubrious, funereal, sorrowful, sad, unhappy:
Utterly hopeless after his script was rejected by Hollywood, he
moped in his room. 4 futile, vain, bootless, unavailing,
impossible, impracticable, unworkable, pointless, worthless,
useless: It would be hopeless to try to send out a lifeboat in
this storm.
horizon n. view, purview, range, scope, vista, compass, perspective,
prospect, ken, field of vision, limit(s): This is something
that lies beyond the horizon of present-day knowledge.
horizontal
adj. level, flat, plane; prone, supine: Make sure that the
plank is horizontal before fastening it down. They say that
dancing is merely a vertical expression of a horizontal desire.
horrible adj. 1 awful, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, horrific,
terrible, terrifying, dreadful, abominable, abhorrent,
appalling, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly,
ghoulish, gruesome, loathsome, hideous, repulsive, revolting,
disgusting, sickening, nauseating, nauseous, harrowing,
blood-curdling, macabre, unspeakable, shocking: The horrible
sight of her father's mangled body haunted her for the rest of
her days. 2 awful, nasty, unpleasant, disagreeable, horrid,
terrible, dreadful, obnoxious, offensive, atrocious, monstrous,
contemptible, detestable, despicable, Colloq Brit beastly: The
food was perfectly horrible at our hotel. Take that horrible
little dog away.
horrify v. 1 terrify, frighten, scare, alarm, intimidate, panic, scare
or frighten to death, petrify, Colloq scare or frighten the
living daylights out of, scare stiff, make (someone's) hair
stand on end, make (someone's or the) blood run cold, curl
(someone's) hair, scare the pants off: I was horrified to see
the attack dogs racing towards me. 2 shock, startle, upset, put
off, outrage, dismay, appal, distress, discountenance,
disconcert: I was horrified to hear that you weren't coming to
my party.
horror n. 1 fear and loathing, repugnance, terror, dread, hatred,
revulsion, detestation, abhorrence, distaste, dislike; aversion,