Translations for „horror-stricken“ 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

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English

And this sunny, cheerful visage had shrunk into a pale, shaking, horror-stricken face.

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Horror-stricken, his son refused to perform this deed.

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He said that a thick dark smoke engulfed the scene, thus compounding the already chaotic situation as horror-stricken persons ran in all directions.

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The young boy is horror-stricken as, after his father's defeat, the father takes his own life before the young boy's eyes and rushes to avenge his death.

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