awestruck
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awestruck — index diffident Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
awestruck — (adj.) 1630s, overwhelmed by reverential fear, from AWE (Cf. awe) + struck (see STRIKE (Cf. strike) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
awestruck — [[t]ɔ͟ːstrʌk[/t]] also awe struck ADJ GRADED If someone is awestruck, they are very impressed and amazed by something. [WRITTEN] I stood and gazed at him, awestruck that anyone could be so beautiful … English dictionary
awestruck — awe|struck [ˈo:strʌk US ˈo: ] adj feeling great respect for the importance, difficulty, or seriousness of someone or something ▪ She gazed awestruck at the jewels … Dictionary of contemporary English
awestruck — awe|struck [ ɔ,strʌk ] adjective feeling extremely impressed by something: She was awestruck by the magnificence of the building … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
awestruck — adjective feeling extremely impressed by the importance, difficulty, or seriousness of someone or something: She gazed awestruck at the jewels … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
awestruck — adjective having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread (Freq. 3) stood in awed silence before the shrine in grim despair and awestruck wonder • Syn: ↑awed, ↑awestricken • Ant: ↑unawed ( … Useful english dictionary
awestruck — also awestricken adjective Date: 1634 filled with awe … New Collegiate Dictionary
awestruck — adjective Filled or overcome with awe or wonder … Wiktionary
awestruck — Synonyms and related words: admiring, adoring, agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, apotheosizing, appalled, ashen, astonished, astounded, at gaze, awed, awestricken, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, blanched, breathless, captivated, confounded … Moby Thesaurus
