What is another word for awestruck?

Correct spelling for the English word “awestruck” is [ˈɔːstɹʌk], [ˈɔːstɹʌk], [ˈɔː_s_t_ɹ_ʌ_k] (IPA phonetic alphabet).

1. She gazed awestruck at the jewels.
2. I stood and gazed at him, awestruck that anyone could be so beautiful.
3. All the family members were thrown into awestruck silence under the threat of the gunmen.
4. I could tell she was impressed from the awestruck expression on her face.

Awestruck literally means to be struck with awe — a feeling of profound amazement. You can be awestruck by something surprising, wonderful, or even scary.

Opposite of filled with or revealing awe. unimpressed. indifferent. unconcerned. unresponsive.

awestrike (third-person singular simple present awestrikes, present participle awestriking, simple past awestruck, past participle awestruck or awestricken)

1a : to yield to the desire of : humor please indulge me for a moment. b : to treat with excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration. 2a : to give free rein to. b : to take unrestrained pleasure in : gratify.

indulge

1. Most of us were too busy to indulge in heavy lunchtime drinking.
2. I never indulge children with plenty of pocket money.
3. Only rarely will she indulge in a glass of wine.
4. Unlike many other politicians, he refuses to indulge in cheap jibes at other people’s expense.

to give in to one’s desires or wants. Examples of Indulge in a sentence. 1. If Al does not indulge in his coffee every morning, he finds it hard to concentrate at work. 🔉

If you indulge in something or if you indulge yourself, you allow yourself to have or do something that you know you will enjoy. If you indulge someone, you let them have or do what they want, even if this is not good for them.

: excessive or unrestrained gratification of one’s own appetites, desires, or whims.

indulge someone with something to grant someone the favor or privilege of something. Please indulge me with this one favor. He always indulged himself with dinner at a nice restaurant when he went into town.

Some common synonyms of indulge are baby, humor, mollycoddle, pamper, and spoil.

To indulge often is used with a negative connotation implying “to excess. “ Another way the word is used, which is milder in connotation, is as if giving your permission to someone else.

verb (used with object), in·dulged, in·dulg·ing. to yield to, satisfy, or gratify (desires, feelings, etc.): to indulge one’s appetite for sweets.

Basically, it means “give me a treat”, whether I deserve it or not! Perhaps, as katie has suggested, the treat of listening to a long, boring story. Some other examples: I know you have heard these arguments before, but would you indulge me while I go over them again?

to provide someone with information and understanding, or to explain the true facts about something to someone: I don’t understand this. Could you enlighten me?

1 : to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force or by the exigencies of circumstance obliged to find a job felt obliged to share it with her. 2a : to put in one’s debt by a favor or service We are much obliged for your help. b : to do a favor for always ready to oblige a friend. intransitive verb.

: the behavior or attitude of people who allow themselves to do what they want or who allow other people to do what they want. : the act of doing something that you enjoy but that is usually thought of as wrong or unhealthy. : something that is done or enjoyed as a special pleasure.

Our self-indulgent habits can have repercussions: These actions can directly injure important relationships; temporary fixes like alcohol or nicotine can damage our liver or lungs; binge-eating and poor food choices can develop into health issues like diabetes and heart disease; or the debts from shopping and gambling …

Self indulgence is often referred to someone who is being greedy, or is just generally selfish, and it is often seen as a bad thing.

Try the following exercise:

1. Put yourself in the same state of deprivation you created in the last exercise: you want something very badly and you are barred from getting it. Make the feelings of deprivation as intense as you can.
2. Now let go of the thing you want.
3. Look inside yourself.
4. Face it.