wonder-stricken

[ wuhn-der-strik-uhn ]

adjective
  1. struck or affected with wonder.

Origin of wonder-stricken

1
First recorded in 1590–1600
  • Also won·der·struck [wuhn-der-struhk]. /ˈwʌn dərˌstrʌk/.

Words Nearby wonder-stricken

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How to use wonder-stricken in a sentence

  • She turned her wonder-stricken face towards him still; but drew back, and clung closer to her friend.

    The Cricket on the Hearth | Charles Dickens
  • Pineapples, bananas, great baskets of fancy cakes, and other dainties attracted their wonder-stricken gaze.

    The Boy Settlers | Noah Brooks
  • I can testify, with a full and often wonder-stricken awe, that I believe God answers prayer.

  • But to return to the wonder-stricken people who lined the shore.

  • Round about it was so empty, silent, and remote that he was wonder-stricken.

    Hania | Henryk Sienkiewicz