Translations for „horror-struck“ in the English » German Dictionary

ˈhor·ror-struck, ˈhor·ror-strick·en ADJ

horror-struck

von Entsetzen gepackt

I was horror-struck to hear the dreadful news

mich packte das kalte Grausen, als ich die schreckliche Nachricht hörte

to listen/stand/watch horror-struck

voller Entsetzen zuhören/da[bei]stehen/zusehen

to be horror-struck at sth

über etw acc entsetzt sein

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to listen/stand/watch horror-struck

voller Entsetzen zuhören/da[bei]stehen/zusehen

I was horror-struck to hear the dreadful news

mich packte das kalte Grausen, als ich die schreckliche Nachricht hörte

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The prince was horror-struck, but since he had declared he would treat his friend as his brother, he did it.

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The horror-struck son reveals that he was long at sea.

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The youngest is horror-struck, but her sisters manage to convince her that it is impossible.

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There may indeed be a subpopulation of people in their 40s and 50s that is truly horror-struck by the indignities of a colonoscopy.

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He was horror-struck, but a merman brought her out again, and now she was of normal size.

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That way, you won't be quite as horror-struck when those potential expenses begin to add up.

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He wakes up one day horror-struck to find himself inside a prison cell after four months have slipped by and been erased from his memory.

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He confided in them (not his wife) details of his own serial affairs while acting horror-struck at theirs.

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