wonder-striking
wonder-striking adjective: inspiring wonder or awe.
Adjective
wonder-striking (comparative more wonder-striking, superlative most wonder-striking)
- Inspiring wonder or awe.
- […] 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?1643, John Vicars, Prodigies & Apparitions, or, Englands Warning Piece
- […] 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,1887, Edwin Abbott Abbott, The Kernel and the Husk, Boston: Roberts Brothers, Letter 21, p. 234
- Synonyms:
- awestriking
Synonyms of wonder-striking
Forms of wonder-striking
| comparative | more wonder-striking |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wonder-striking |
Questions about wonder-striking
- What does wonder-striking mean?
- Wonder-striking means inspiring wonder or awe.
- What part of speech is wonder-striking?
- Wonder-striking is an adjective.
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