awestruck C1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈɑːstrʌk/ UK /ˈɔːstrʌk/ See IPA manual Freq #61376 Meanings 1 adj filled with overwhelming wonder, admiration, reverence, or fear The sailors spoke in an awestruck whisper about the figure they had seen on deck. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · filled with overwhelming... awedwonderstruckamazed More overwhelmed ↔ Opposites unimpressedindifferent Word family Forms awestricken Related forms awewonderreverenceawestricken Etymology Formed from awe + struck, the past participle of strike. It models the feeling as a force that strikes or overwhelms a person, preserving awe's older mixture of wonder, reverence, and fear. Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # awestruck **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɑːstrʌk/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɔːstrʌk/ **Frequency rank:** 61376 ## Meanings 1. filled with overwhelming wonder, admiration, reverence, or fear ## Examples - The sailors spoke in an awestruck whisper about the figure they had seen on deck. ## Synonyms - awed - wonderstruck - amazed - overwhelmed ## Antonyms - unimpressed - indifferent ## Related Forms - awe - wonder - reverence - awestricken ## Etymology Formed from awe + struck, the past participle of strike. It models the feeling as a force that strikes or overwhelms a person, preserving awe's older mixture of wonder, reverence, and fear. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown