Awestruck

adj

adj ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.

    "Like so many others, I was awestruck by the first season, which captured a moment in time and successfully funnelled its rage outwards at a world in which women are indeed silenced, controlled and killed by men."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread wordnet

Synonyms

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awedawestrickenadmiringadoringagapeaghast

Example

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"Why are we awestruck by certain natural phenomena?"

Etymology

From awe + struck.

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