Having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread:
— In grim despair and awestruck wonder.

synonyms: awed, awestricken.

Roget 870: surprised etc. v.; aghast, all agog, breathless, agape; open-mouthed; awestruck, thunderstruck, moonstruck, planet-struck; spellbound; lost in amazement, lost in wonder, lost in astonishment; struck all of a heap, unable to believe one's senses, like a duck ion thunder.    wonderful, wondrous; surprising etc. v.; unexpected etc. 508; unheard of; mysterious etc. (inexplicable) 519; miraculous.    indescribable, inexpressible, inaffable^†; unutterable, unspeakable.    monstrous, prodigious, stupendous, marvelous; inconceivable, incredible; inimaginable^†, unimaginable; strange etc. (uncommon) 83; passing strange.    striking etc. v.; overwhelming; wonder-working.    ... show more

Roget 860: fearing etc. v.; frightened etc. v.; in fear, in a fright etc. n.; haunted with the fear of etc. n.; afeard^†.    afraid, fearful; timid, timorous; nervous, diffident, coy, faint-hearted, tremulous, shaky, afraid of one's shadow, apprehensive, restless, fidgety; more frightened than hurt.    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.    inspiring fear etc. v.; alarming; formidable, redoubtable; perilous etc. (danger) 665; portentous; fearful; dread, dreadful; fell; dire, direful; shocking; terrible, terrific; tremendous; horrid, horrible, horrific; ghastly; awful, awe-inspiring; revolting etc. (painful) 830; Gorgonian.    ... show more