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terror-stricken

terror-stricken is the alternative form of terrorstricken.

Meaning of terrorstricken

Adjective

terrorstricken (comparative more terrorstricken, superlative most terrorstricken)

  1. Stricken with terror; utterly terrified.
    • How terror-stricken she would have been that night had she known that the wild jungle beast squatted outside her window, watching her every move.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 96
    Synonyms:
    terrorstruck

Origin of terror-stricken

From terror + stricken.

Questions about terror-stricken

What is terror-stricken the alternative form of?
Terror-stricken is the alternative form of terrorstricken.

Words near terror-stricken in the dictionary

  1. terror-bomb
  2. terror-bombed
  3. terror-bombing
  4. terror-bombings
  5. terror-bombs
  6. terror-stricken
  7. terrorbomb
  8. terrorbombed
  9. terrorbombing
  10. terrorbombings
  11. terrorbombs

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