starstruck
adjective
star·struck ˈstär-ˌstrək 
: particularly taken with celebrities (such as movie stars)
Example Sentences
She stared at him in starstruck awe. I know she's famous, but try not to act starstruck when you meet her.
Recent Examples on the Web Even as a 6-foot-10, 265-pound NBA player, Udoka Azubuike was almost too starstruck for a moment to simply go right up to UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, despite their meeting being prearranged. 
Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022 The result, which uses assorted data as proof of Clift’s legacy, is more than the usual series of starstruck talking-head reminiscences. Armond White, National Review, 22 June 2022 In the unfocused sketch, Carmichael played an initially starstruck seat filler at the Academy Awards witnessing an erratic Smith (Chris Redd) unraveling. Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2022 In the And Just Like That premiere, documentarian Lisa Todd Wexler (Nicole Ari Parker) swans over to the table of a starstruck Charlotte (Kristin Davis). Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2022 Late in the episode, Bill is accosted by two starstruck drunks while helping Seth, Sol, and Charlie build the store. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021 PBS Kids held a holiday puppet show to mark the festive occasion, and the children appeared starstruck at a performance by the Kraft Brothers. Libby Cathey, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2021 O’Connor, who has rubbed shoulders with Hollywood A-listers and never gets starstruck, almost chickened out. Tommie Ethington, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2021 Rifkin is clearly not starstruck, though he is clearly wowed by having been able to interview Ringo Starr. Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 25 Oct. 2021 See More
Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022 The result, which uses assorted data as proof of Clift’s legacy, is more than the usual series of starstruck talking-head reminiscences. Armond White, National Review, 22 June 2022 In the unfocused sketch, Carmichael played an initially starstruck seat filler at the Academy Awards witnessing an erratic Smith (Chris Redd) unraveling. Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2022 In the And Just Like That premiere, documentarian Lisa Todd Wexler (Nicole Ari Parker) swans over to the table of a starstruck Charlotte (Kristin Davis). Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2022 Late in the episode, Bill is accosted by two starstruck drunks while helping Seth, Sol, and Charlie build the store. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021 PBS Kids held a holiday puppet show to mark the festive occasion, and the children appeared starstruck at a performance by the Kraft Brothers. Libby Cathey, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2021 O’Connor, who has rubbed shoulders with Hollywood A-listers and never gets starstruck, almost chickened out. Tommie Ethington, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2021 Rifkin is clearly not starstruck, though he is clearly wowed by having been able to interview Ringo Starr. Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 25 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above
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