Definitions for awe
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. awenoun

   an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration

   "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"

2. fear, reverence, awe, venerationverb

   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. aweverb

   inspire awe in

   "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. awenoun

   A feeling of fear and reverence.

2. awenoun

   A feeling of amazement.

3. aweverb

   To inspire fear and reverence.

4. aweverb

   To control by inspiring dread.

5. Etymology: ege, influenced during by forms from the cognate agi.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. AWEnoun

   Reverential fear; reverence.

   Etymology: ege, oga, Saxon.

   They all be brought up idly, without awe of parents, without precepts of masters, and without fear of offence. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   It fixed upon him who is only to be feared, God: and yet with a filial fear, which at the same time both fears and loves. It was awe without amazement, and dread without distraction. South.

   What is the proper awe and fear, which is due from man to God? John Rogers.

2. To Aweverb

   To strike with reverence, or fear.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   If you will work on any man, you must either know his nature and fashions, and so lead him; or his ends, and so persuade him; or his weaknesses and disadvantages, and so awe him; or those that have interest in him, and so govern him. Francis Bacon.

   Why then was this forbid? Why, but to awe?
   Why, but to keep you low, and ignorant,
   His worshippers? John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.

   Heav’n that hath plac’d this island to give law,
   To balance Europe, and her states to awe. Edmund Waller.

   The rods and axes of princes, and their deputies, may awe many into obedience; but the same of their goodness, justice, and other virtues, will work on more. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. awe

   Awe is an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear, produced by something grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or extraordinarily beautiful. It is often associated with feelings of wonder, respect, and deep admiration for something larger than oneself.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Awenoun

   dread; great fear mingled with respect

2. Awenoun

   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. Aweverb

   to strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Awe

   aw, n. reverential fear, or wonder: dread: (arch.) power to inspire awe.—v.t. to strike with or influence by fear.—adj. Awe′less, without fear.—n. Awe′lessness.—adjs. Awe′some, Aw′some (Scot.), full of awe: inspiring awe: weird, dreadful.—v.t. Awe′-strike, to strike with awe.—adjs. Awe′-struck, struck or affected with awe; Aw′ful, full of awe: dreadful: inspiring respect: expressive of awe: (slang) ugly: and as a mere intensive of anything.—adv. Aw′fully (also in slang merely = very).—n. Aw′fulness. [Ice. agi, A.S. ege, fear; cog. with Gael. eaghal; Gr. achos, anguish.]

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1. AWE

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. AWE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Awe is ranked #22809 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Awe surname appeared 1,123 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Awe.
   
   66.8% or 751 total occurrences were White.
   27.9% or 314 total occurrences were Black.
   2.5% or 29 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.4% or 16 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Frighten
   • Wonder

Anagrams for awe »

1. eaw

2. WAE

3. wea

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1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of awe in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of awe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of awe in a Sentence

1. Gordana Biernat:

   Only when life is explored in awe, enjoyed in abundance and appreciated to its fullest can we say we have truly lived.

2. David Sarnoff:

   We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

3. Laurie Leshin:

   We have enormous opportunities ahead to leverage JPL's global leadership in robotic space exploration to answer awe-inspiring scientific questions and improve life here on Earth, i look forward to my work with Caltech and NASA to ensure that JPL continues to drive innovation across the global space ecosystem.

4. Jason Silva:

   Curiosity and wonderment are a big part of the human condition, but often as we ‘grow up’ we tend to lose this connection to the wonder of it all, i often explore big ideas in my series Shots of Awe to wake people up, and I think bringing this sensibility to an actual baby's wonderstruck face struck a nerve... I'm thrilled.

5. Daniel Pinkston:

   They have an incentive to exaggerate their capabilities -- particularly for their domestic audience -- to demonstrate awe and power, but we don't know the exact capabilities.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=awe
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Awe
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=awe
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awe
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=awe
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html