terrorstricken

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terrorstricken

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From terror + stricken.

adjective more terrorstricken · most terrorstricken · terror-stricken

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.
Similar: terrorstruck

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adj utterly terrified

Deutsch	zu Tode erschrocken
Ελληνικά	έντρομος éntromos

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@misc{terrorstricken_2026,
  title = {terrorstricken},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/terrorstricken},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}