Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Horror-stricken; horrified.

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  • adjective horrified so as to be overwhelmed or incapacitated

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  • adjective stricken with horror

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Examples

  • Then, horror-struck, he watched as, directly facing the camera, Zan shrieked his name.

    I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011

  • Their horror-struck faces turned toward Oates, who cracked his knuckles and flashed a menacing grin.

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • Their horror-struck faces turned toward Oates, who cracked his knuckles and flashed a menacing grin.

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • It was a woman's voice, and Mrs. Barrymore, paler and more horror-struck than her husband, was standing at the door.

    The Seriously Deranged Writer and the Model Cars 2010

  • I don't know how long I crouched there, staring at him, horror-struck.

    The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010

  • A student came in, and horror-struck, asked ``Is that your tip jar?''

    Why Don't Students Tip Professors? Luis von Ahn 2009

  • I sit here, in my safe little dorm room in New Hampshire, and I am utterly horror-struck that they are killing students.

    Monsters in Iran 2009

  • I sit here, in my safe little dorm room in New Hampshire, and I am utterly horror-struck that they are killing students.

    Archive 2009-06-01 2009

  • Just as I was about to put the car in drive, I glanced backwards one more time and was horror-struck by what I saw.

    Bunnies 2009

  • People were understandably horror-struck when they saw seal puppies being clubbed to death in the wintry north of our continent.

    Dr. Peter Breggin: A Hero Protects America's Children from Psychiatric Abuse 2009

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