AWESTRUCK

awed, awestruck, awestricken

(adjective) having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread; “stood in awed silence before the shrine”; “in grim despair and awestruck wonder”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

awestruck (comparative more awestruck, superlative most awestruck)

Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.

Synonym: awestricken

Source: Wiktionary


Awe"-struck`, a.

Definition: Struck with awe. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

29 June 2025

ADMIRABLE

(adjective) deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; “an estimable young professor”; “trains ran with admirable precision”; “his taste was impeccable, his health admirable”


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