Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Horror-stricken; horrified.
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- adjective
horrified so as to be overwhelmed or incapacitated
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- adjective stricken with horror
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Examples
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Then, horror-struck, he watched as, directly facing the camera, Zan shrieked his name.
I’ll Walk Alone Mary Higgins Clark 2011
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Their horror-struck faces turned toward Oates, who cracked his knuckles and flashed a menacing grin.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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Their horror-struck faces turned toward Oates, who cracked his knuckles and flashed a menacing grin.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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It was a woman's voice, and Mrs. Barrymore, paler and more horror-struck than her husband, was standing at the door.
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I don't know how long I crouched there, staring at him, horror-struck.
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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A student came in, and horror-struck, asked ``Is that your tip jar?''
Why Don't Students Tip Professors? Luis von Ahn 2009
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I sit here, in my safe little dorm room in New Hampshire, and I am utterly horror-struck that they are killing students.
Monsters in Iran 2009
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I sit here, in my safe little dorm room in New Hampshire, and I am utterly horror-struck that they are killing students.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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Just as I was about to put the car in drive, I glanced backwards one more time and was horror-struck by what I saw.
Bunnies 2009
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People were understandably horror-struck when they saw seal puppies being clubbed to death in the wintry north of our continent.
Dr. Peter Breggin: A Hero Protects America's Children from Psychiatric Abuse 2009
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