What does awestriking mean?
Awestriking means present participle and gerund of awestrike.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of awestrike.
1799, A. Percy, The Monks and the Robbers; a Tale, Chapter 16, in The Lady’s Magazine, Volume 30, April 1799, p. 159, An awe-striking misty gloom, even in the brightest glow of mid-day, pervaded the whole.
[…] except as to the performance of some offices in the ceremony of consecration, which could not but give umbrage to the free born reason of Englishmen, unsubdued by priesthood or church-superstition, the divine service was very exalted, and awe-striking to the heart.
[…] when we reached the gates of the citadel, we saw that preparations were made for giving us an awe-striking reception.
[The doubloon] was set apart and sanctified to one awe-striking end; and however wanton in their sailor ways, one and all, the mariners revered it as the white whale’s talisman.
Initially and understandably, it was the awe-striking physical remains of [ancient Egyptian] culture, such as pyramids, sphinxes, and temples, which captivated scholars.
Use awestriking when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Awestriking means present participle and gerund of awestrike.
Common synonyms include wonder-striking.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1799, A. Percy, The Monks and the Robbers; a Tale, Chapter 16, in The Lady’s Magazine, Volume 30, April 1799, p. 159, An awe-striking misty gloom, even in the brightest glow of mid-day, pervaded the whole.
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