awestrikeEtymologyBack-formation from awestruck. By surface analysis, awe + strikeawestrike means To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.verbTo strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck.“Behold the God himself, whose dreadful brow Awe-strikes the soul to speechless homage!”