awestruck

See also: awe-struck

English

Etymology

awe +‎ struck

Adjective

awestruck (comparative more awestruck, superlative most awestruck)

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:
  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

Portuguese: deslumbrado
Romanian: copleșit m, cuprins de uimire m
Spanish: asombrado (es)

See also

awestrike, awestriking

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