terrorstricken

English

Etymology

From terror +‎ stricken.

Adjective

terrorstricken (comparative more terrorstricken, superlative most terrorstricken)

  1. Stricken with terror; utterly terrified.
    • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 96:
      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.

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