Wonder-striking

Quick meaning: Wonder-striking is an adjective meaning Inspiring wonder or awe.

Meaning

Inspiring wonder or awe.

Example Sentences

The sensation of having the mysterious girl at his elbow in that wonder-striking interior was magnificent.

We have seen wonder-striking robes and dresses, Women whose nails and teeth the betel stains And jugglers whom the rearing snake caresses.

[…] by revealing to us the wonder-striking order of the infinite stars […] Night leads us to dream, or to infer, that there may be other pages still unturned in the book of Nature’s mysteries,

[…] hath not the Lord used that other more terrible and heart-frighting course […] of Prodigies, Signes and Apparitions in the ayre, and other most degenerating, unnaturall and wonder-striking contingents amongst us here at home?

Synonyms for wonder-striking

Depending on context, synonyms include awestriking.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include awestriking, wonderstruck, wondersome, wondrous, wonder-bearing, awestruck.

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