awestruck
To be awestruck is to be full of complete wonder, amazement, or dread for something. Swimming with a humpback whale or being near a tornado would leave most people awestruck. When you're awestruck, you're amazed.
Awestruck literally means to be struck with awe — a feeling of profound amazement. You can be awestruck by something surprising, wonderful, or even scary. Imagine the breathless feeling you’d get swimming next to a whale! That’s awestruck. This is a very powerful feeling that would never apply to everyday things. Being awestruck leaves you stunned. You can't quite believe what you're seeing or hearing.
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having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread“in grim despair and awestruck wonder”
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synonyms:
awed, awestricken
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overawed
overcome by a feeling of awe
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Antonyms:
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unawed
not awed
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aweless, awless
devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence
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overawed
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