Awed
[ɔ:d]
Definition
(adj.) inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; 'awed by the silence'; 'awful worshippers with bowed heads' .
(adj.) having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread; 'stood in awed silence before the shrine'; 'in grim despair and awestruck wonder' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Awe
Typist: Melville
Examples
- Nothing more they found, and it was a thoroughly awed and frightened group of savages which huddled around their king a few moments later. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She was disheartened by Lady Bertram's silence, awed by Sir Thomas's grave looks, and quite overcome by Mrs. Norris's admonitions. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I asked in a whisper, half awed by the deep pervading hush. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This method is neither so conclusive as the devotees say, nor so bad as the people who are awed by it would like to believe. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I paused, even awed by the agitation he evinced; Yes, he said at length, rising and biting his lip, as he strove to curb his passion; Such am I! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Even our soldiers were awed to silence; the music paused; the clang of arms was hushed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But they were awed as I had been, at the change of his appearance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She knew more than he did, and yet she listened with that hopeless expression of awed apprehension. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
Typist: Melville