Definition of "awestricken" [awestricken]

• Filled with awe. (adjective)

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• ""From the grass roots down," he muttered in an awestricken voice, as he swung his pick into the yielding surface."
• "Apparently, Davy Goldblatt takes my silence as that of the awestricken variety, because he jumps up and claps his hands together, absolutely pleased not only—but mostly—with himself but also with how the entire three-minute meeting has gone."
• "Chain car collisions on the Interstate, hysteria-tinged second by second updates from the weatherman on the local TV stations, a stunned, awestricken look from the locals that almost made one think that this was surely the first time they had ever seen this precipitation thing occurring."