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terrorstricken

terrorstricken adjective: stricken with terror; utterly terrified.

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

Synonyms of terrorstricken

Forms of terrorstricken

comparativemore terrorstricken
superlativemost terrorstricken
alternative formterror-stricken

Origin of terrorstricken

From terror + stricken.

Questions about terrorstricken

What does terrorstricken mean?
Terrorstricken means stricken with terror; utterly terrified.
What part of speech is terrorstricken?
Terrorstricken is an adjective.

Words near terrorstricken in the dictionary

  1. terrormonger
  2. terrormongers
  3. terrors
  4. terrorsome
  5. terrorsploitation
  6. terrorstricken
  7. terrorstruck
  8. terrorwave
  9. terrour
  10. terrours
  11. terrs

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