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adjectiveterrorstricken (comparative more terrorstricken, superlative most terrorstricken)
comparative more terrorstricken · superlative most terrorstricken · alternative terror-stricken
- Stricken with terror; utterly terrified.
How terror-stricken she would have been that night had she known that the wild jungle beast squatted outside her window, watching her every move.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 96Synonyms: terrorstruck
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveStricken with terror; utterly terrified.
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Bulgarian ужасе'н
- ужасе'н (užase'n)utterly terrified
German zu Tode erschrocken
- zu Tode erschrockenutterly terrified
Greek έντρομος
- έντρομος (éntromos)utterly terrified
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