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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.

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

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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