awestruck

awestruck

See also: awe-struck

English

Etymology

awe +‎ struck

Adjective

awestruck (comparative more awestruck, superlative most awestruck)

1. Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.

   Synonym: awestricken

   • 2018 June 16, Fiona Sturges, “Cattleprods! Severed tongues! Torture porn! Why I’ve stopped watching the Handmaid’s Tale”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, ISSN 0261-3077, OCLC 229952407, archived from the original on 5 February 2020:

     Like so many others, I was awestruck by the first season, which captured a moment in time and successfully funnelled its rage outwards at a world in which women are indeed silenced, controlled and killed by men.

Translations

filled or overcome with awe

Bulgarian: обхванат от благоговеен страх (obhvanat ot blagogoveen strah) Esperanto: admirega Finnish: ällistynyt, ällikällä lyöty (fi), häikäistynyt German: ehrfürchtig (de) Portuguese: deslumbrado Romanian: copleșit (ro) m, cuprins de uimire m Spanish: asombrado (es)

See also

• awestrike, awestriking