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Word Meanings - HORROR-STRUCK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Horror-stricken; horrified. M. Arnold.

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  • ASTONISH
    étonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. The very cramp-fish . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland. 2. To strike with sudden
  • ASTONISHING
    Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n.
  • AFFRIGHTER
    One who frightens.
  • AFFRIGHTFUL
    Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth.
  • AGHAST
    See T
  • AFFRIGHTEDLY
    With fright. Drayton.
  • BEWILDER
    To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison. Syn. -- To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound;
  • BEWILDERING
    Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- Be*wil"der*ing*ly, adv.
  • AFFRIGHTEN
    To frighten. "Fit tales . . . to affrighten babes." Southey.
  • ASTONISHEDLY
    In an astonished manner. Bp. Hall.
  • HORROR-STRUCK
    Horror-stricken; horrified. M. Arnold.
  • AFFRIGHTMENT
    Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm. Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and affrightment. Locke.
  • BEWILDERMENT
    1. The state of being bewildered. 2. A bewildering tangle or confusion. He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne.
  • BEWILDERED
    Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.
  • ASTONISHMENT
    1. The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense. A coldness and astonishment in his loins, as folk say. Holland. 2. Dismay; consternation. Spenser. 3. The overpowering emotion excited
  • AFFRIGHT
    To impress with sudden fear; to frighten; to alarm. Dreams affright our souls. Shak. A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton. Syn. -- To terrify; frighten; alarm; dismay; appall; scare; startle; daunt;
  • BEWILDEREDNESS
    The state of being bewildered; bewilderment.
  • SELF-AFFRIGHTED
    Frightened at or by one's self. Shak.
  • AGAST; AGHAST
    To affright; to terrify. Chaucer. Spenser.

 

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