awestricken

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

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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