horror-struck

See also: horrorstruck

English

Adjective

horror-struck (comparative more horror-struck, superlative most horror-struck)

1. Horrified so as to be overwhelmed or incapacitated.
   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 99:

     At sight of these strange, swift, and terrible creatures, the crowd along by the water's edge seemed to me to be for a moment horror-struck.