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HORROR-STRICKEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horror-stricken mean?
• HORROR-STRICKEN (adjective)
The adjective HORROR-STRICKEN has 1 sense:
1. stricken with horror
Familiarity information: HORROR-STRICKEN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stricken with horror
Synonyms:
horrified; horror-stricken; horror-struck
Similar:
afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)
Context examples
I stared at it horror-stricken, not knowing what was about to issue from it.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He went about like one who walks in his sleep, with horror-stricken eyes.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Now our prisoner sat up, looked round him with a horror-stricken face, and passed his hand over his forehead, like one who cannot believe his own senses.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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