gloppen

Etymology

From Middle English glopnen, from Old Norse glúpna (“to frighten, grieve, look downcast”), from Proto-Germanic *glupnōną (“to frighten, cause to stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlub(ʰ)- (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate with Icelandic glúpna (“to put to shame”). More at glope.

gloppen means to be in fear; gaze in alarm or astonishment; look downcast. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “gloppen” is a great word

GLOPPEN — [Verb] To be startled or stricken with sudden fear or astonishment, or to cause such a state in another. From Middle English glopnen, from Old Norse glúpna ('to frighten, grieve, look downcast'), from Proto-Germanic *glupnōną ('to frighten, cause to stare'), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰlub(ʰ)- ('to yawn, gape'). Unlike 'terrify,' which implies a consuming dread, or 'gape,' which merely describes a physical stare, to gloppen is to be seized by a shock that hollows the mind and fixes the body. It is the jolt that stills the heart at a shape in a dark hallway, the wide-eyed freeze of a creature caught in sudden lamplight, the collective intake of breath in a startled room—the raw, unprocessed moment when the world yawns open, revealing its capacity for the unforeseen.

verb

To be in fear; gaze in alarm or astonishment; look downcast“"O Job! if you will help me," exclaimed Mary, brightening up (though it was but a wintry gleam after all), "tell me what to say, when they question me; I shall be so gloppened,* I shan't know what to answer." / *Gloppened; terrified.”
To terrify; astonish; surprise.“A pause before the intense guy cut in: "The Word of the Day is gloppen. Verb, transitive and intransitive. … One. To surprise or astonish. Two. To be startled or astonished. Gloppen."”