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AWESTRUCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does awestruck mean?
• AWESTRUCK (adjective)
The adjective AWESTRUCK has 1 sense:
1. having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
Familiarity information: AWESTRUCK used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
Synonyms:
awed; awestricken; awestruck
Context example:
in grim despair and awestruck wonder
Similar:
overawed (overcome by a feeling of awe)
Context examples
They mounted the stair in silence, and still with an occasional awestruck glance at the dead body, proceeded more thoroughly to examine the contents of the cabinet.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
On 17 July, yesterday, one of the men, Olgaren, came to my cabin, and in an awestruck way confided to me that he thought there was a strange man aboard the ship.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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