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1
as in amazed
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
So there’s no story arc and not much to learn here, but the oohs and aahs of awestruck kids might be enough to keep the adults in attendance engaged.
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
One million awestruck visitors come here every year and spend money in the two Utah counties surrounding the monument, whose towns total less than 14,000 residents.
—Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
The Yale Center for British Art has also done exhibits of Indian landscapes by awestruck artists such as Edward Lear, which have an out-of-touch, touristy feel to them.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
One senses that there may have been more to the woman’s silence than awestruck agreement, but Bergler cheerfully adds her to his portfolio of case studies, in which patients’ sartorial peculiarities are unfailingly traced to episodes from their pasts.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
One million awestruck visitors come here every year and spend money in the two Utah counties surrounding the monument, whose towns total less than 14,000 residents.
—Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2026
The Yale Center for British Art has also done exhibits of Indian landscapes by awestruck artists such as Edward Lear, which have an out-of-touch, touristy feel to them.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026
One senses that there may have been more to the woman’s silence than awestruck agreement, but Bergler cheerfully adds her to his portfolio of case studies, in which patients’ sartorial peculiarities are unfailingly traced to episodes from their pasts.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awestruck
Adjective
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Online reactions were equally scattered, some amazed, others terrified.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Dec. 2025
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In the comments, onlookers were also amazed by the bride’s stroke of luck on her special day.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
26 Nov. 2025
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One that draws more approving thumbs-ups, creates more astonished grins, or pulls more phones from pockets for impromptu photographs and video—especially in stunning Verde Ermes metallic paint.—
Michael Harley,
Forbes.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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Live, the 11-year-old actor shared his astonished reaction to getting the note.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Dec. 2025
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The revelation earns him a stunned look from Amanda.—
Marlow Stern,
Variety,
10 June 2026
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While the ousting immediately stunned and outraged members of the diabetes research community, Henderson’s video is in sharp contrast to the ADA’s series of statements over the past several days that tried to justify the decision.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
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But don’t be surprised if there are smatterings of green and white all over the stadium, some from afar and others grown in the Kansas City area over a short time.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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No one has been more surprised by the success of Dough Baby than Fitch herself.—
Colleen McNally Arnett,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
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Her shocked caregiver stares at her uncomprehendingly.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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By Friday morning, people visiting the Pacifica Municipal Pier seemed less shocked than ready to mourn.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
15 June 2026
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Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Rachel Fabre, who coaches the Shine, said she is awed at the players' perseverance.—
Karen Hua,
CBS News,
6 Dec. 2025
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At the risk of sounding less like a columnist and more like a bewildered bystander … what the heck happened?—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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The noise in the Garden was now basically a bewildered jet engine, a roar that was tinged with disbelief.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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“Awestruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awestruck. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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