Awe

[ɔː] or [ɔ]

Definition

(noun.) an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; 'he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe'.

(verb.) inspire awe in; 'The famous professor awed the undergraduates'.

Typist: Shelby--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

(n.) The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.

(v. t.) To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Reverence, veneration, reverential fear.[2]. Dread, fearfulness.

v. a. Overawe, intimidate, frighten, affright, daunt, cow, inspire with awe.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Fear, dread, veneration, reverence

ANT:Fearlessness, contempt, disrespect, familiarity, irreverence

Typist: Wanda

Definition

n. reverential fear or wonder: dread: (arch.) power to inspire awe.—v.t. to strike with or influence by fear.—adj. Awe′less without fear.—n. Awe′lessness.—adjs. Awe′some Aw′some (Scot.) full of awe: inspiring awe: weird dreadful.—v.t. Awe′-strike to strike with awe.—adjs. Awe′-struck struck or affected with awe; Aw′ful full of awe: dreadful: inspiring respect: expressive of awe: (slang) ugly: and as a mere intensive of anything.—adv. Aw′fully (also in slang merely = very).—n. Aw′fulness.

Editor: Theresa

Examples

Typist: Rachel

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