mock horror
Frequency: 7.512.3 per million words
Pretended or feigned horror, often used humorously.
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Examples (20)
- She raised her hands in mock horror when she saw my new haircut.
- He reacted with mock horror when she said she'd eaten the last cookie.
- He reacted with mock horror at the suggestion of doing extra work.
- She feigned mock horror at his terrible singing.
- The children shrieked in mock horror as the storyteller described the monster.
- The children shrieked in mock horror during the ghost story.
- With a gasp of mock horror, she pretended to faint dramatically.
- With a gasp of mock horror, he pretended to faint.
- They exchanged glances of mock horror when the dessert menu was presented.
- He raised his hands in mock horror at the suggestion.
- His exaggerated expression of mock horror made everyone laugh.
- The audience laughed at the actor's exaggerated mock horror.
- She feigned mock horror at the idea of eating broccoli.
- She looked at the messy room with a theatrical display of mock horror.
- The actor played the scene with perfect mock horror, earning applause.
- His face was a picture of mock horror as she threatened to tickle him.
- We all chuckled at his theatrical mock horror at the tiny spider.
- Don't worry, his mock horror is just part of his charm.
- Don't take his mock horror seriously; he's just being playful.
- We all chuckled at her over-the-top mock horror when she saw the spider.