horror-struck

adjective

Horrified so as to be overwhelmed or incapacitated.

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Meanings

adjectivehorror-struck (comparative more horror-struck, superlative most horror-struck)

comparative more horror-struck · superlative most horror-struck · alternative horrorstruck

  1. idiomaticHorrified so as to be overwhelmed or incapacitated.

    At sight of these strange, swift, and terrible creatures, the crowd along by the water's edge seemed to me to be for a moment horror-struck.

    1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 99

    Synonyms: horror-stricken

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHorrified so as to be overwhelmed or incapacitated.

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horror-stricken

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivestricken with horror

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horrifiedhorror-strickenafraid
Also see
horrifiedhorror-stricken

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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