awe
(noun) an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; “he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe”
fear, reverence, awe, veneration
(noun) 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”
awe
(verb) inspire awe in; “The famous professor awed the undergraduates”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Awe (plural Awes)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Awe is the 22809th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1123 individuals. Awe is most common among White (66.87%) and Black/African American (27.96%) individuals.
• AEW, EAW, WAE, WEA, eaw, wae
awe (usually uncountable, plural awes)
A feeling of fear and reverence.
A feeling of amazement.
(archaic) Power to inspire awe.
awe (third-person singular simple present awes, present participle aweing or awing, simple past and past participle awed)
(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
(transitive) To control by inspiring dread.
• (inspire reverence): enthral, enthrall; overwhelm
• AEW, EAW, WAE, WEA, eaw, wae
Source: Wiktionary
Awe, n. Etym: [OE. a, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, , Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. ail. Ugly.]
1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [Obs. or Obsolescent] His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe. Cowper.
2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence. There is an awe in mortals' joy, A deep mysterious fear. Keble. To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe. Macaulay. The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power. C. J. Smith. To stand in awe of, to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly.
Syn.
– See Reverence.
Awe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awed (p. pr. & vb. n. Awing.]
Definition: To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread. That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. Shak. His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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