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1
as in stunned
affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise
the crowds were awestruck by the aerial feats of the stunt pilots
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2
as in wondering
filled with amazement or wonder
awestruck by the majesty of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
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Recent Examples of awestruck
Mortimer joins those ranks with a film that functions both as awestruck spectacle and anxious warning — joining a literal boatload of marine biologists racing to demystify an ecosystem before deep-sea miners destroy it.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
Of course, being a little awestruck helps, when depicting someone in love.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
At a surprise performance announced earlier in the day, the writer Jayson Greene witnessed the ageless icon play a 20-song, hits-heavy set amid a small, awestruck crowd of fans young and old.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025
Coogan has worked with Iannucci on and off for 30 years, beginning as a young, awestruck actor in some of the writer’s radio plays.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Mar. 2025
Of course, being a little awestruck helps, when depicting someone in love.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2025
At a surprise performance announced earlier in the day, the writer Jayson Greene witnessed the ageless icon play a 20-song, hits-heavy set amid a small, awestruck crowd of fans young and old.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 12 Feb. 2025
Coogan has worked with Iannucci on and off for 30 years, beginning as a young, awestruck actor in some of the writer’s radio plays.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awestruck
Adjective
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People were amazed by the way the camera captured years of activity.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Our tester was amazed by how well the bottoms fit her.—
Esme Benjamin,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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In what seems like a parody of a ritual that exists mostly in the imagination of cartoonists, the proposal requires the gentleman to be on his knees offering an astonished lady a box containing a ring.—
Judith Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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And the writer’s astonished eyes answer: yes, that was me.—
Jayson Greene,
Time,
17 June 2025
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The season 26 veto meeting when Tucker chooses not to save himself and instead saves a shocked Angela.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
5 July 2025
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Five years later, Jack, an actor, is shocked to arrive on set of his new Great Gatsby adaption to find CJ, who is working on the film as a production designer and is now a single mom to a 4-year-old.—
Stephanie McNeal,
Glamour,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Świątek may be surprised to be here, but Anisimova must be in total shock.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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The video, which features a visibly surprised Kaitlin receiving her favorite treats and a handwritten note, has been shared across TikTok and beyond.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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Indiana State Police Troopers Amanda Parker and Jaylen Holt-Terry took their plates and sat off to the side Tuesday afternoon, awed by the history in the room.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
20 May 2025
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The magazine saw itself as literary but not self-serious; if the stereotypical National Geographic story was a walk through the jungle recounted in hushed, awed tones, its Outside equivalent was a little dustier, wilder, and less reverent.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Awestruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awestruck. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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