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Webster 1913 Edition
Awe-stricken
Awe′-strickˊen
,Adj.
Awe-struck.
Definition 2024
awe-stricken
awe-stricken
See also: awestricken
English
Adjective
awe-stricken (comparative more awe-stricken, superlative most awe-stricken)
- Awe-struck.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Chapter 25
- While the children, scarcely awake, awe-stricken at her manner, their eyes growing larger and larger, remained in this position, she took the baby from her bed.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Chapter 25
References
- awe-stricken in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913