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horror–struck
adjective hor·ror–struck \-ˌstrək\
Definition of HORROR-STRUCK
: struck with horror <stood horror–struck as they watched … their own city destroyed — Nashville Tennessean>
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First Known Use of HORROR-STRUCK
1814
Related to HORROR-STRUCK
- Synonyms
- affrighted, aghast, alarmed, fearful, frightened, horrified, horror-struck, hysterical (also hysteric), scared, scary, shocked, spooked, terrified, terrorized
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