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Awe

Awe Meaning & Definition
Awe Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Awe?

[n] an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"
[n] a profound fear inspired by a deity
[v] inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Awe: reverence | veneration

Related Terms | Find terms related to Awe: abject fear | admiration | adoration | affright | alarm | amaze | amazement | apotheosis | appall | appreciation | approbation | approval | astonish | astonishment | astound | astoundment | awestrike | be widely reputed | bedaze | bedazzle | beguilement | bewilder | bewilderment | blue funk | boggle | bowl down | bowl over | breathless adoration | breathless wonder | command respect | confound | consideration | consternation | courtesy | cowardice | daunt | daze | dazzle | deference | deification | deter | discourage | dishearten | dismay | dread | dumbfound | dumbfounder | dumbfoundment | duty | esteem | estimation | exaggerated respect | fascination | favor | faze | fear | flabbergast | freeze | fright | funk | great respect | have prestige | hero worship | high regard | homage | honor | horrification | horrify | horror | idolatry | idolization | inspire respect | marvel | marveling | overawe | overwhelm | panic | panic fear | paralyze | perplex | petrify | phobia | prestige | puzzlement | rank high | regard | respect | reverence | reverential regard | scare | scare stiff | scare to death | sense of mystery | sense of wonder | shake | shock | spook | stagger | stampede | stand high | startle | stop | strike dead | strike dumb | strike terror into | strike with wonder | stun | stupefaction | stupefy | surprise | terrify | terror | terrorize | unholy dread | veneration | wonder | wonderment | worship

See Also | admiration | affright | cow | fear | fearfulness | fright | fright | frighten | overawe | scare | wonder | wonderment

Awe In Webster's Dictionary

\Awe\ ([add]), n. [OE. a[yogh]e, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, [=o]ga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. 'a`chos pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail. [root]3. Cf. {Ugly}.] 1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [Obs. or Obsolescent] His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe. --Cowper. 2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence. There is an awe in mortals' joy, A deep mysterious fear. --Keble. To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe. --Macaulay. The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power. --C. J. Smith. {To stand in awe of}, to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly. Syn: See {Reverence}.
\Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Awed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Awing}.] To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread. That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak. His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders. --Macaulay.

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