What does horror-struck mean?

horror-struck means "stricken with horror".

How many syllables are in horror-struck?

horror-struck has 3 syllables and divides as hor-ror--struck under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for horror-struck?

Close synonyms include horrified, horror-stricken. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is horror-struck a common word?

horror-struck is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Horror-struck — meaning and 2 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
stricken with horror
Synonymshorrified horror-stricken
Similarafraid

Questions about horror-struck

What does horror-struck mean?: horror-struck means "stricken with horror".
How many syllables are in horror-struck?: horror-struck has 3 syllables and divides as hor-ror--struck under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.
What is another word for horror-struck?

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