horror-struck
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hor·ror–struck

adjective \-ˌstrək\

Definition of HORROR-STRUCK

: struck with horror <stood horror–struck as they watched … their own city destroyed — Nashville Tennessean>

First Known Use of HORROR-STRUCK

1814

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