horror show

noun

: something difficult to deal with or watch
the trial was a horror show

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The trial has been a horror show.
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But given the horror show that was 2024, Getz wanted the team’s managerial search to be exhaustive. Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025 Eggers’ take on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, by way of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent masterpiece, and von Horn’s story of a true-life serial killer in 1920s Denmark, share an aesthetic palate and a sense of the past as a horror show. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2025 The renovation transformed the space from horror show to opulent spectacle. Desire Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2025 Italy’s chances of having five clubs in the competition for next season diminished after a horror show of a week in the Champions League, in which Milan, Juventus and Atalanta all exited meekly. Emmet Gates, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for horror show

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1959, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of horror show was circa 1959

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“Horror show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horror%20show. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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