From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhave a horror of somethinghave a horror of somethingFRIGHTENEDto be afraid of something or dislike it very much He has a horror of snakes. → horror
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have a horror of something• I have a horror of supermarkets.• I had long had a horror of alcohol.• It showed itself to have a horror of socialism already in the nineteenth century. 