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awestricken

adjective

having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread

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Word length
11
Starts with
A
Ends with
N
Contains
WE
Scrabble score
20

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adjective

  1. having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread

    “stood in awed silence before the shrine”

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stood in awed silence before the shrine
in grim despair and awestruck wonder

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