awestruck

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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, →OCLC, 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.

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