starstruck

British

/ ˈstɑːstrʌk /

adjective

completely overawed by someone's celebrity status

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Example Sentences

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I force them to stay their normal size so he doesn’t change his mind because I look like a starstruck idiot.

From Literature

"I'd be watching audition tapes in the kitchen and my kids, who are 10 and 13, would be staring over my shoulder - they were starstruck by these actors."

From BBC

Honestly, I was a little starstruck.

From Literature

I’m not particularly starstruck anymore, but at this moment, I was something close to it.

From Los Angeles Times

Soldiers, aid workers, and journalists who have observed the Kurds in action tend to come away starstruck.

From Slate

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