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Meanings of awestruck in English

Portuguese
deslumbrado

Having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread.

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Usage of awestruck in English
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After the doctors and nurses had left, I whispered an awestruck question:
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2
I pause, quite awestruck at the thought of my sister becoming queen.
The Kingmaker’s Daughter
3
Large and small, we stood awestruck in the presence of these marvels.
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When asked what he thought of the clip, he seemed truly awestruck.
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The two women looked at the flowers, almost awestruck at their size.
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He was awestruck at the thought of such a surrender-sucha prostration.
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Jacky looked on awestruck as George read the book of his religion.
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That is a feat of tantric consumption it can only admire, awestruck.
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Izzy watched, apparently awestruck, as airy white foam bubbled up around her.
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And in the silence a single voice in the awestruck crowds cried shrilly:
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11
Your ability to read and count left the local villagers awestruck.
The Name of the Wind
12
Some of the men muttered and looked at the youth in awestruck ways.
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I was awestruck: I didn't expect it to be that easy.
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Even Pyrrha, who had seen her unclad many times, looked a little awestruck.
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15
When Grant finally spoke, his voice sounded distinctly odd, almost awestruck.
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He was awestruck by the appalling suddenness of death and destruction.
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Translations for awestruck
Portuguese
deslumbrado
Awestruck through the time
Awestruck across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common