This is the 8959th most frequent Portuguese word.
atemorizados
Frightened or terrified.
Here, 'atemorizados' acts as an adjective to describe the collective emotional state of the people after they received worrying news.
Todos estavam atemorizados com as notícias do desastre.
Everyone was frightened by the news of the disaster.
In this example, 'atemorizados' conveys the group's shared feeling of fear caused by the unexpected and unsettling sound of screaming during the night.
Ficamos atemorizados ao ouvir os gritos lá fora à noite.
We were frightened upon hearing the screams outside at night.
In this sentence, 'atemorizados' is used to describe the emotional reaction (fear or anxiety) of the students upon observing the teacher's angry demeanor. It serves as an adjective modifying 'os alunos'.