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1. (n.) awe
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, or wonder produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, etc.
2. awe
Archaic. power to inspire fear or reverence.
3. awe
Obs. fear or dread.
4. (v.t.) awe
to inspire or fill with awe.
5. awe
to influence or restrain by awe.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME aghe, awe < Scand; cf. ON agi fear; akin to OE ege, Go agis, Gk áchos pain)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) awe
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
"he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2. (verb) fear, reverence, awe, veneration
a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
"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"
3. (verb) awe
inspire awe in
"The famous professor awed the undergraduates"
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1. (noun) awe
respect and admiration
He's in awe of his boss.
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| Definition of 'awe' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) awe
dread; great fear mingled with respect
2. (noun) awe
the emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence
3. (verb) awe
to strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread
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Sense: wonder and fear
The child looked in awe at the king.
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 Afrikaans: ontsag |
 Arabic: رَهْبَه، خَشْيَه، خَوف |
 Bulgarian: страхопочитание |
 Brazilian: espanto |
 Czech: bázlivá úcta |
 German: die Ehrfurcht |
 Danish: ærefrygt |
 Greek: δέος, θαυμασμός |
 Spanish: temor, respeto |
 Estonian: aukartus |
 Farsi: حیرت؛ آمیزه ای از ترس و ا |
 Finnish: pelonsekainen kunnioitus |
 French: crainte révérentielle |
 Hebrew: יִרְאָת כָּבוֹד |
 Hindi: विस्मयपूर्ण आदर |
 Croatian: strahopoštovanje |
 Hungarian: tisztelet |
 Indonesian: takjub |
 Icelandic: óttablandin lotning eða a |
 Italian: soggezione; timore rivere |
 Japanese: 畏敬 |
 Korean: 두려움, 경외 |
 Lithuanian: nuostaba, apstulbimas, pa |
 Latvian: []bijība |
 Malay: kagum |
 Dutch: ontzag |
 Norwegian: ærefrykt, respekt |
 Polish: groza, lęk |
 Persian: حیرت؛ آمیزه ای از ترس و ا |
 Pashto: حیرانتیا،ډار د احترام له |
 Portuguese: espanto |
 Romanian: veneraţie |
 Russian: благоговение |
 Slovak: bázeň, úcta |
 Slovenian: strahospoštovanje |
 Serbian: strahopoštovanje |
 Swedish: vördnad, respekt, fruktan |
 Thai: ความน่าเกรงขาม |
 Turkish: korku ve hayranlık |
 Taiwanese: 敬畏 |
 Ukrainian: благоговіння |
 Urdu: جلال ، احترام |
 Vietnamese: sợ hãi |
 Chinese: 敬畏 |
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