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awestruck

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awe·struck  (ôstrk) also awe·strick·en (-strkn)
adj.
Full of awe.
awestruck [ˈɔːˌstrʌk], awe-stricken
adj
overcome or filled with awe
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Adj.1.awestruck - having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence before the shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck wonder"
awestricken, awed
awestruck awe-stricken
adjective impressed, shocked, amazed, stunned, afraid, frightened, terrified, cowed, astonished, horrified, intimidated, fearful, awed, daunted, awe-inspired, dumbfounded, struck dumb, wonder-struck I was awestruck that anyone could be so beautiful.
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awestruck awe-struck [ˈɔːstrʌk] adj → frappé(e) d'admiration


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Unobserved he rose and glided away; while, awestruck by the aspect of their commander, the seamen clustered together on the forecastle, till Ahab, troubledly pacing the deck, shouted out -- To the braces
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In that moment it was that the great apes came and again the blacks remained awestruck witnesses to the palaver, and the battle between Korak and the young bull.
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It happened that the hotel had the reputation of being the best, the most expensive, and the most aristocratic in all the spa, and at every turn on the staircase or in the corridors we encountered fine ladies and important-looking Englishmen--more than one of whom hastened downstairs to inquire of the awestruck landlord who the newcomer was.
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