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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awestruck or awe-stricken (ˈɔːˌstrʌk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
overcome or filled with awe
 
awe-stricken or awe-stricken
 
adj

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Awestruck is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

awestruck
1630s, "overwhelmed by reverential fear," from awe + p.t. of strike.
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Example sentences
Not all the world's commentators, however, were as awestruck by his
  achievements.
The awestruck musicians pelt him with questions about life in heaven.
Combatants do not return home awestruck by the flag.
After he entered the theater, the people he left behind spoke in awestruck
  tones.
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