horror-struck
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horror-struck
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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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title = {horror-struck},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}