What does awe mean?
Definitions for awe
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word awe.
Princeton's WordNet
awenoun
an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration
"he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"
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"
aweverb
inspire awe in
"The famous professor awed the undergraduates"
Wiktionary
awenoun
A feeling of fear and reverence.
awenoun
A feeling of amazement.
aweverb
To inspire fear and reverence.
aweverb
To control by inspiring dread.
Etymology: ege, influenced during by forms from the cognate agi.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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.
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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 Dictionary
Awenoun
dread; great fear mingled with respect
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
Aweverb
to strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
Anagrams for awe »
eaw
WAE
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of awe in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of awe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of awe in a Sentence
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.
From the moment Jessica Krug came into the classroom, I was in awe of Jessica Krug, and I'm just shocked that it was such a complete lie.
When someone meets with Kim, they often come back sort of in awe -- realizing that he is not the crazy guy in the basement -- and with the conclusion that the US can deal with him, but due to the fact that they often go into the meeting with a misconception of Kim based on caricatures from outside intelligence community, the perceptions often shifts from one extreme to another.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid:
We are not trying to turn the Senate into another House of Representatives, i’ve developed a great respect, even an awe, for the rules and procedures of the Senate.
It was a kitchen fire. I'm not sure how it happened, we found some bits and pieces that were salvageable -- my wedding ring made it -- but nothing else made it, daniel Hunt has been in awe on how many people have been willing to help us without being asked.
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- رعبArabic
- внушавам страхопочитание, страхопочитание, благоговениеBulgarian
- ærefrygt, frygtDanish
- einschüchtern, Scheu, EhrfurchtGerman
- δέοςGreek
- temor, pavor, asombrar, asombro, abrumarSpanish
- hämmästys, pelotella, pelottaa, pelkoFinnish
- admiration, crainte, révérenceFrench
- भयHindi
- bámulat, áhitatHungarian
- timoreItalian
- יראת כבודHebrew
- 두려움Korean
- стравопочитMacedonian
- ontzagDutch
- groza, trwoga, zachwytPolish
- espanto, temorPortuguese
- трепет, благоговение, изумлениеRussian
- fruktanSwedish
- 威严Chinese
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