terrorstricken

adj

terrorstricken

adj

Etymology From terror + stricken.

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

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