adjective
inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
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- awed by the silence
- awful worshippers with bowed heads
adjective
having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
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- stood in awed silence before the shrine
- in grim despair and awestruck wonder
noun
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
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- he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe
noun
a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
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- the fear of God
- the Chinese reverence for the dead
- the French treat food with gentle reverence
- his respect for the law bordered on veneration
verb
inspire awe in
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- The famous professor awed the undergraduates