Wonderstruck
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wonderstruck is an adjective meaning Filled or overcome with wonder.
Meaning
Filled or overcome with wonder.
Example Sentences
Great and astonishing as this difference is, we ought not to be so wonder-struck at it, as to attribute it to the miraculous interposition of heaven.
Soft shall we live, my love, and easy shall we go. Crowned shall we be with the diadem of Kings. Worshipping and wonder struck all peoples of the world, Blinded shall fall before our beauty and might.
1611, Thomas Middleton, No Wit, No Help Like a Woman’s, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1657, Act II, Scene 1, p. 50, I am so wonder-struck at your blest presence, That through amaz’d Joy, I neglect my duty!
When the morning [running] practice was over the trainer would make his comments and sometimes illustrate them by shuffling along for a yard or so comically in an old pair of blue canvas shoes. A small ring of wonderstruck children and nursemaids would gather to watch him […]
Word Forms
- wonderstricken
Synonyms for wonderstruck
Depending on context, synonyms include awestruck.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include awestruck, wonder-striking, awe-struck, delighted, awestricken, wondersome.
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