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Awe
- September 20, 2013
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The word awe means: an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear,etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
in awe of God;
in awe of great political figures.
An emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
- stood in awe of the king
- regard nature’s wonders with awe
2.
Archaic. power to inspire fear or reverence.
noun
1.
overwhelming wonder, admiration, respect, or dread
2.
(archaic) power to inspire fear or reverence
verb
3.
(transitive) to inspire with reverence or dread
Derived Forms
aweless, (US) awless, adjective