Usually means: Overwhelmed by intense fear, shock.
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  1. horror-stricken: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. horror-stricken, horror-stricken: Collins English Dictionary
  3. horror-stricken: Vocabulary.com
  4. Horror-stricken, horror-stricken: Wordnik
  5. horror-stricken: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. horror-stricken: Wiktionary
  7. horror-stricken: Dictionary.com
  8. horror-stricken: Rhymezone
  9. horror-stricken: FreeDictionary.org
  10. horror-stricken: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. horror-stricken: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Horror-struck.

Similar:
horror-struck, horrified, afraid, horrorsome, horrorous, horrid, frightensome, ghastful, scaresome, horripilated, more...

Opposite:
unfazed, composed, calm, collected, nonchalant

Types:
aghast, appalled, horrified, shocked, stunned, more...

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Similar:
horror-struck, horrified, afraid, horrorsome, horrorous, horrid, frightensome, ghastful, scaresome, horripilated, more...

Opposite:
unfazed, composed, calm, collected, nonchalant

Types:
aghast, appalled, horrified, shocked, stunned, more...



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