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awestricken

[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
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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