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TERROR-STRICKEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does terror-stricken mean?
• TERROR-STRICKEN (adjective)
The adjective TERROR-STRICKEN has 1 sense:
1. struck or filled with terror
Familiarity information: TERROR-STRICKEN 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 was so terror-stricken by this fight in the dark that I leaned against the ladder, trembling and unable to ascend.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I asked him, terror-stricken, leaning on the arm he held out to support me: Has a body come ashore?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
She tried to rush forward, but her feet seemed to have no strength in them, and for a second, she could only stand motionless, staring with a terror-stricken face at the little blue hood above the black water.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The unseen ferry-boat was blowing blast after blast, and the mouth-blown horn was tooting in terror-stricken fashion.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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