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awestricken

[aw-struhk]

awe-struck

[aw-struhk]
adjective
filled with awe.
Also, awe·struck, awe-strick·en, awe·strick·en [aw-strik-uhn] .


Origin:
1625–35
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Awestricken is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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awestricken

adjective
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" [syn: awed] [ant: unawed
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