New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: horrors · borrow · error · horrid · mirror · morrow · sorrow · terror · borrower · corrode

horror

1 noun feelinguafás masc1 c m uscéin fem2 c m uscáth masc3 c m uI watched in horror as the accident happened d'amharc mé ar an taisme ag tarlú agus uafás ormI looked at her in horror d'fhéach mé uirthi agus scéin ionam, d'amharc mé uirthi le huafás 2 noun nature, aspectuafás masc1 c m uthe horror of the place is indescribable ní féidir cur síos ar an uafás a bhaineann leis an áit

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3 noun person informalmaistín masc4 c m udailtín masc4 c m usmuilcín masc4 c m uas a child, he was a little horror maistín beag a bhí ann ina óige 4 noun CINE , LIT book, art form, etcuafás masc1 c m u 5 noun film informal CINEscannán uafáis c m u

phrases

to have a horror of sth

eagla do chraicinn a bheith ort roimh rudlíonrith a bheith ort roimh rudan ghráin a bheith agat ar rudI have a horror of bats cuireann sciatháin leathair eagla mo chraicinn orm

horror of horrors!

especially humorous uafás na n-uafás

to sb's horror

he realised to his horror that the boat was sinking bhuail uafás é nuair a thuig sé go raibh an bád ag dul faoito her horror, he agreed to it ba mhór é a haiféala nuair a d'aontaigh sé é a dhéanamh; d'aontaigh sé é a dhéanamh, rud a chuir uafás uirthi

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