awestruck

/'ɔ:strʌk/

Thân thiện

The child stood awestruck before the giant dinosaur skeleton.

Definition

Adjective: * Feeling or showing a powerful combination of reverence, respect, wonder, and often fear: Describes a state of being deeply impressed, overwhelmed, or even frightened by something perceived as vastly superior, sacred, or sublime in power, size, or beauty.

Usage

The adjective "awestruck" describes a person's emotional state when they encounter something that inspires profound awe. It is typically used predicatively (after a linking verb like be, feel, look, stand) or attributively (before a noun).

Examples

• The tourists stood awestruck before the majestic pyramids of Giza.
• She listened to the symphony with an awestruck expression on her face.
• The child was completely awestruck by the magician's incredible trick.
• They gazed in awestruck silence at the erupting volcano.

Advanced Usage

• "to be awestruck by/at something": This is the most common construction to specify the cause of the awe.
  • We were utterly awestruck by the vastness of the Grand Canyon.
  • He was awestruck at the sheer talent of the young pianist.

Variants and Related Words

• Awe (noun): The feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder that "awestruck" describes.
  • The sight filled them with awe.
• Awe (verb): To inspire with awe.
  • They were awed by the ancient temple. (Note: "Awed" is a simpler, sometimes less intense synonym for "awestruck").
• Awesome (adjective): Inspiring awe; in modern informal use, it can also mean extremely good.
  • The awesome power of the storm was terrifying. (formal)
  • That was an awesome concert! (informal)
• Awestricken (adjective): A less common, fully synonymous variant of "awestruck".

Synonyms

• Amazed: Filled with great surprise or wonder.
• Astonished: Greatly surprised or impressed.
• Overawed: Impressed so much that one feels subdued or intimidated.
• Reverent: Feeling or showing deep respect.
• Wonderstruck: Struck with a feeling of wonder.

Antonyms

• Unimpressed
• Bored
• Blasé
• Disdainful

Idioms and Common Phrases

• To stand in awestruck silence: To be so overcome with awe that one becomes completely quiet.
  • The audience stood in awestruck silence as the final note faded.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
   • stood in awed silence before the shrine
   • in grim despair and awestruck wonder

Từ đồng nghĩa

• awed
• awestricken