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[ adjective ] inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
Synonyms Examples "awed by the silence" "awful worshippers with bowed heads" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)At that moment Kipling was overwhelmed with awed amazement , suddenly recalling that these identical details of scene , action and word had occurred to him in a dream six weeks earlier . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Andy 's co-workers kept their distance , awed by the tragedy . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
Synonyms Examples "stood in awed silence before the shrine" "in grim despair and awestruck wonder" |
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