awestruck

awe·struck

adj \-ˌstrək\

Definition of AWESTRUCK

: filled with awe

Variants of AWESTRUCK

awe·struck also awe·strick·en \-ˌstri-kən\

Examples of AWESTRUCK

1. Awestruck admiration showed on her face.
2. They were awestruck by the sheer size of the project.

First Known Use of AWESTRUCK

1634

Related to AWESTRUCK

Synonyms: amazed, astonished, astounded, thunderstruck (also awestricken), bowled over, dumbfounded (also dumfounded), dumbstruck, flabbergasted, shocked, stunned, stupefied

Related Words: blindsided, startled, surprised (also surprized); aghast, appalled, dismayed, horrified; bewildered, confused, dazed, overwhelmed; agape, awed, awesome, openmouthed, wide-eyed, widemouthed

Near Antonyms: blasé (also blase), casual, nonchalant, unruffled

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Rhymes with AWESTRUCK

amok, blackbuck, black duck, bushbuck, cold duck, dead duck, dumbstruck, dump truck, fire truck, fish duck, fly-struck, hand truck, Kalmuck, lame-duck, moonstruck, mukluk, muktuk, potluck, reedbuck, roebuck, sawbuck, shelduck, stagestruck, starstruck, sunstruck, unstuck, upchuck, woodchuck