Awe

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder inspired by authority, genius, great beauty, sublimity, or might: We felt awe when contemplating the works of Bach. The observers were in awe of the destructive power of the new weapon.
  • n. Archaic The power to inspire dread.
  • n. Archaic Dread.
  • v. To inspire with awe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A feeling of fear and reverence.
  • n. A feeling of amazement.
  • v. To inspire fear and reverence.
  • v. To control by inspiring dread.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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. To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Dread; fear, as of something evil.
  • n. Fear mingled with admiration or reverence; reverential fear; feeling inspired by something sublime, not necessarily partaking of the nature of fear or dread.
  • n. Overawing influence.
  • n. Synonyms Reverence, Veneration, etc. See reverence, n.
  • To inspire with fear or dread; terrify; control or restrain by the influence of fear.
  • To strike with awe, reverence, or respect; influence by exciting profound respect or reverential fear.
  • To owe.
  • n. One of the float-boards of an undershot water-wheel, on which the water acts.
  • n. One of the sails of a windmill.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. inspire awe in
  • n. a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
  • n. an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
  • Antonym
    contempt   
    Verb Form
    awed    awes    awing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    emotion    admiration    wonder    wonderment   
    Form
    awed    awing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reverence    dread    abashment    fear    enthrall    overwhelm    enthral   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ah    Artois    Baugh    Bogota    Bourgeois    Ca    Da    Dumas    Fatah    Francois   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    astonishment    admiration    sadness    apprehension    indignation    disbelief    wonder    curiosity    dread    shame