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TERROR-STRUCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does terror-struck mean?
• TERROR-STRUCK (adjective)
The adjective TERROR-STRUCK has 1 sense:
1. struck or filled with terror
Familiarity information: TERROR-STRUCK used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Struck or filled with terror
Synonyms:
terror-stricken; terror-struck
Similar:
afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)
Context examples
I rose up suddenly, terror-struck at the solitude which so ruthless a judge haunted,—at the silence which so awful a voice filled.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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