ppl. a. [f. AWE sb. + struck, pa. pple. of STRIKE v.] Struck with, or overwhelmed by, awe, terror, reverential fear, or profound admiration tinged with latent fear.
1634. Milton, Comus, 301. I was awe-struck, And as I past, I worshipped.
1791. Cowper, Iliad, I. 417. In presence of the royal Chief awe-struck.
1846. Trench, Huls. Lect., Ser. II. iii. 180. That exclamation of the awe-struck heathen centurion.
1870. H. Macmillan, Bible Teach., ii. 28. Its majesty increasing as I gazed, until at last it … completely absorbed each awestruck sense.
