awe has definitions from the field of religion
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[ noun ] an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration

Examples

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

Used in print

(Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)

As a consequence of the tensions thus produced in his thoughts and feelings , he wrote on_the_one_hand sketches of idealized hunting trips and on_the_other an anecdote of the village of Hardscrabble , Arkansas , where no one had ever seen a piano ; and he wrote also the masterpiece of frontier humor , `` The_Big_Bear_of_Arkansas '' , in which earthy realism is placed alongside the exaggeration of the backwoods tall-tale and the awe with which man contemplates the grandeur and the mysteries of nature .

Related terms

wonder

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[ verb ] inspire awe in

Examples

"The famous professor awed the undergraduates"

Used in print

(Alfred Wright, "A Duel Golfers Will Never Forget"...)

Player immediately proved he was not in_the_least awed by the dramatic proximity of Palmer .

Related terms

frighten overawe

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 25834
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[ noun ] (religion) a profound emotion inspired by a deity

Examples

"the fear of God"

Related terms

fear emotion reverence

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