awestruck  /ˈɑ ˌstrək/ ? Meaning of "awestruck"

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Definition(s):

  • (adj) having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread

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Usage(s):

  1. He grew up on a farm in rural Norway, where he remembers being awestruck by the night sky.
  2. Upon arrival, he was awestruck by the monolith that rose from my living-room floor like the obelisk in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
  3. And Winged Migration turned every moviegoer into an awestruck ornithologist.

Quotes

  1. "When I looked into this over the past month, I was awestruck with the history and the true passion of the fans compared with other sports I am involved with," Hicks said in an interview on Liverpool's website.
    on Feb 7, 2007 By: Tom Hicks Source: Montreal Gazette

  2. "They have never before played under the pressure of 100,000 passionate fans," Osasuna midfielder Javad Nekounam said of South Korea, who are chasing a spot at their seventh-successive finals. "It will be hell for them. They will be awestruck...
    on Feb 9, 2009 By: Javad Nekounam Source: ESPN

  3. "I was awestruck by this bright, shiny star that came across the sky with such energy, and I decided at that moment that I wanted to be part of the movement that was the whole world going in to space," Hickam said in a telephone interview on...
    on Oct 2, 2007 By: Homer Hickam Source: Scientific American

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