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terror-stricken

See definition of terror-stricken on Dictionary.com
  • as inafraid
  • as infrightened
  • as inpanicky
  • as inpetrified
  • as inscared

synonyms for terror-stricken

  • anxious
  • apprehensive
  • frightened
  • nervous
  • scared
  • shocked
  • suspicious
  • timid
  • abashed
  • aghast
  • alarmed
  • aroused
  • blanched
  • cowardly
  • cowed
  • daunted
  • discouraged
  • disheartened
  • dismayed
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • faint-hearted
  • frozen
  • have cold feet
  • horrified
  • in awe
  • intimidated
  • panic-stricken
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • petrified
  • rattled
  • run scared
  • scared stiff
  • scared to death
  • spooked
  • startled
  • stunned
  • terrified
  • timorous
  • trembling
  • upset
  • worried
  • afraid
  • anxious
  • fearful
  • panicky
  • spooked
  • startled
  • unnerved
  • abashed
  • alarmed
  • butterflies
  • cowed
  • dismayed
  • frozen
  • numb
  • petrified
  • terrified
  • terrorized
  • yellow
  • aghast
  • chicken
  • chicken-hearted
  • have cold feet
  • having kittens
  • hung up
  • in a cold sweat
  • in a panic
  • in a sweat
  • jittery
  • jumpy
  • lily-livered
  • mousy
  • pushing the panic button
  • rabbity
  • running scared
  • scared stiff
  • shaky
  • shivery
  • sissy
  • uptight
On this page you'll find 212 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to terror-stricken, such as: anxious, apprehensive, frightened, nervous, scared, and shocked.

antonyms for terror-stricken

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  • brave
  • calm
  • happy
  • unafraid
  • unworried
  • bold
  • composed
  • cool
  • courageous
  • eager
  • fearless
  • heroic
  • intrepid
  • undaunted
  • undismayed
  • valiant
  • venturesome
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    How to use terror-stricken in a sentence

    Terror-stricken fugitives began to block the roads and to impede the movements of the army.
    THE BIRTH OF YUGOSLAVIA, VOLUME 1HENRY BAERLEIN
    Terror-stricken, he left the church, and did not regain his consciousness until he stood in the portico of the old temple.
    THE INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE, VOLUME 2, NO. 3, FEBRUARY, 1851VARIOUS
    Terror-stricken, they appeared before the war council, there to render an account of their deeds.
    IN THE SHADOW OF DEATHP. H. KRITZINGER AND R. D. MCDONALD
    Terror-stricken he fled in the direction taken by his friend, whom he soon met, returning to learn the cause of the firing.
    STORIES OF OLD KENTUCKYMARTHA GRASSHAM PURCELL
    Terror-stricken, appalled, shaking as with an ague, the gun almost drops from his grasp.
    THE DEATH SHOTMAYNE REID
    Terror-stricken, too frightened even to cry, they sat down and waited, straining their ears to hear what was going on.
    BOUGHT AND PAID FORARTHUR HORNBLOW
    Terror-stricken, she said hastily, "There is not the least use in bothering me; I will tell you nothing to-day."
    AN UNSOCIAL SOCIALISTGEORGE BERNARD SHAW
    Terror-stricken as he was, Mr. Shrimplin recognized the man into whose arms he had fallen.
    THE JUST AND THE UNJUSTVAUGHAN KESTER
    Terror-stricken at these strange and fearful words, my father threw down pencil and palette and rushed from the house.
    BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE - VOLUME 62, NO. 384, OCTOBER 1847VARIOUS
    Terror-stricken, they cried out to Siva to help them in their trouble.
    CASTES AND TRIBES OF SOUTHERN INDIAEDGAR THURSTON
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