awestruck

See also: awe-struck

English

Etymology

awe +‎ struck

Adjective

awestruck (comparative more awestruck, superlative most awestruck)

1. Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
   • 2018 June 16, Fiona Sturges, “Cattleprods! Severed tongues! Torture porn! Why I've stopped watching the Handmaid's Tale”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• awestricken

Translations

filled with awe

• Bulgarian: обхванат от благоговеен страх
• Esperanto: admirega
• Finnish: ällistynyt, ällikällä lyöty, häikäistynyt
• German: ehrfürchtig
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• Portuguese: deslumbrado
• Romanian: copleșit m, cuprins de uimire m
• Spanish: asombrado (es)

See also

• awestrike, awestriking