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Definition: AWE-STRICKEN |
AWE-STRICKENAdjective1. Awe-struck. |
Date "AWE-STRICKEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Fear | Aghast; awe-stricken, horror-stricken, terror-stricken, panic-stricken, awestruck, awe-stricken, horror-struck; frightened to death, white as a sheet; pale, pale as a ghost, pale as death, pale as ashes; breathless, in hysterics. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | It seemed like a thunder-bolt to the awe-stricken spectators] / W.A. Rogers. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Cecil gazed and gazed, awe-stricken and yet fascinated. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "AWE-STRICKEN" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AWE-STRICKEN" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "AWE-STRICKEN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Korean | λλ €μν μΉλ" (Awe-struck). (various references) | ||||
Manx | fo atchim (terror-stricken), fo aggle (aghast, alarmed, terror-stricken), atchimit (aghast). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | awe-strickenay | ||||
| Words rhyming with "AWE-STRICKEN" (pronounced 'Awe"-strick`en'): Caseharden, Chapfallen, Chopfallen, Churchwarden, Crestfallen, Firewarden, Home-driven, Midheaven, motor-driven, Nerve-shaken, Parnassien, Undershapen, War-beaten, Weather-beaten, Weather-driven, Windfallen, Wind-shaken, Winter-beaten, Woad-waxen, Worm-eaten. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: awestricken. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-k-n-r-s-t-w" | |
-2 letters: ankerites, centiares, cisternae, crankiest, creakiest, creatines, iterances, nectaries. | |
-3 letters: ankerite, arenites, arsenite, canister, centares, centiare, ceratins, cineaste, cisterna, crankest, creatine, creatins, enticers, increase, increate, iterance, keratins, kernites, knitwear, neckties, neckwear, reascent, reenacts, resinate, rewakens, sarcenet, scantier, secretin, sickener, sneakier, stearine, stricken, swankier, sweatier, tacrines, tinwares, trainees, twankies, tweakier, wackiest, wakeners, wasterie, weariest. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-k-n-r-s-t-w" | |
+1 letter: kitchenwares. | |
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