terror-stricken
1
7.7
- adjective
- /ˈtɛrər ˈstrɪkən/
:
aterrorizado
- She turns around and runs up, terror-stricken, reaching the door to the top floor and smashing it open.
- looks terror-stricken
- a terror-stricken man
Examples
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The terror-stricken children huddle together.
Fiction book (1992) -
Kavik staggered backward, the cowl falling from his terror-stricken face.
Fiction book (1992) -
The man rose up, terror-stricken.
Fiction book (1991) -
With disaster following disaster, the terror-stricken people... demanded action be taken.
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Apparently, from the terror-stricken expression in the wide, watery eyes, he had just undergone a similar experience.
Fiction book (1991) -
The terror-stricken cabby shakes his head and starts backing up.
Fiction book (1997) -
She shuts up and stares at him with wide, terror-stricken eyes.
Fiction book (1997) -
When Mumbi beheld what was inside the cage, she opened her mouth wide as if to say something, but she stopped suddenly and turned her eyes towards me as though terror-stricken.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Now, what is the problem?" Paroissien did not raise his voice, and the inquiry was not made unkindly, yet the young woman's eyes, when she raised her face to answer, were terror-stricken.
Fiction book (1990) -
As the storm approached, the children were left terror-stricken, hiding under their beds.
Synonyms
263
2.1
Feeling very afraid because you think something bad will happen
35
2.8
Feeling very shocked and upset because something is terrible or frightening
29
4.6
So frightened that you cannot move or think clearly
22
4.1
Feeling sudden, strong fear that makes you act without thinking
19
4.3
To feel sudden strong fear and act without thinking
19
9.9
Feeling very afraid because you think something bad will happen
16
4.6
Feeling sudden, strong fear that makes it hard to think or act calmly
10
2.2
Suddenly afraid or worried because you think something bad might happen
4
6.3
Suddenly very afraid and acting without thinking
3
1.0
Being afraid because something seems dangerous
1
7.2
Feeling very shocked and afraid after seeing something frightening
1
7.2
So shocked and afraid that you cannot move
Suddenly feeling very afraid
Suddenly very afraid and unable to think clearly
Antonyms
How Scared
29
4.6
263
2.1
1
7.7
3
1.0
∞
1.0
98
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Terror-stricken comes from two parts: terror, meaning 'great fear', and stricken, from strike meaning 'to hit'. It paints the picture of being 'hit' by fear, so terror-stricken means suddenly filled with very strong fear.