strahota

1. horror; atrocity
   Moj deda nikad nije pričao o strahotama rata. — My grandfather never talked about the horrors of war.
   Ono što se desilo u toj školi je prava strahota. — What happened at that school is a real horror.
2. colloq. (as an exclamation) how awful; that's terrible
   Gužva na autoputu je bila strahota! — The traffic on the highway was awful!
   Strahota, koliko su poskupele kirije! — It's terrible how much rents have gone up!

In the sense of atrocities it is often used in the plural: strahote rata.