horror-struck

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horror-struck

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  1. idiomatic Horrified so as to be overwhelmed or incapacitated. At sight of these strange, swift, and terrible creatures, the crowd along by the water's edge seemed to me to be for a moment horror-struck.

    Similar: horror-stricken

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@misc{horror_struck_2026,
  title = {horror-struck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/horror-struck},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}