awe-struck
[aw-struhk]
adjective
filled with awe.
Also awe·struck, awe-strick·en, awe·strick·en [aw-strik-uh n] /ˈɔˌstrɪk ən/.
Origin of awe-struck
First recorded in 1625–35
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Related Words for awestruck
perplexed, stunned, puzzled, shocked, startled, befuddled, dazed, surprised, baffled, rattled, awed, mystified, astonished, awestruck, agog, anxious, dismayed, appalled, amazed, thrownExamples from the Web for awestruck
Contemporary Examples of awestruck
At first, family members are awestruck—amazed and thankful that their loved one is still with them.
But when I finally stumbled on The Sopranos, I was awestruck.
I had to go back and remember how awestruck I felt when I encountered it for the first time.
Historical Examples of awestruck
I did not need the awestruck whispers round me to tell me what it was.
Things as They AreAmy Wilson-Carmichael
"I understand it all now," he exclaimed, with awestruck dismay.
Under Western EyesJoseph Conrad
An air of awestruck expectation had replaced their usual listless apathy.
A Set of SixJoseph Conrad
Awestruck yowls from above indicated that Prue was in hot water.
In a Little TownRupert Hughes
"Aye, you may well look," he cried to the awestruck worshippers.
St. Cuthbert'sRobert E. Knowles
awestruck
awe-stricken
adjective
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