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awestruck

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awe·struck  (ôstrk) also awe·strick·en (-strkn)
adj.
Full of awe.
awestruck
Adjective
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 or awe-stricken
adjective impressed, shocked, amazed, stunned, afraid, frightened, terrified, cowed, astonished, horrified, intimidated, fearful, awed, daunted, awe-inspired, dumbfounded, struck dumb, wonder-struck
Translations
awestruck [ˈɔːstrʌk] adj → pasmado
awestruck [ˈɔːstrʌk] adj → frappé(e) d'effroi
awestruck [ˈɔːstrʌk] adj → sgomento/a


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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
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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.
The Son Of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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