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awed::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | awestricken, awestruck |
stood in awed silence before the shrine.
Examples of awed
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The dates were vague, but I was awed by a family story that began 600 years ago.
From the post-gazette.com
That didn't matter to the public, which was justifiably awed by the whole event.
From the orlandosentinel.com
I'd spent my time on the parkway awed by the sweeping vistas and sheer enormity.
From the denverpost.com
The Mavericks are neither awed by Shaq's brawn, nor dumbstruck by Wade's skills.
From the usatoday.com
Something is so grotesquely out of focus that I am in a state of awed disbelief.
From the time.com
He talked about how opposing teams would come in, awed by its size and majesty.
From the forbes.com
No doubt Walt would have been awed by the sums his company passes out these days.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The odd line fisherman would turn up and I remember being awed by their patience.
From the guardian.co.uk
I'm still sort of awed that Democrats managed to convince themselves otherwise.
From the theatlantic.com
- Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads"
- Having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence before the shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck wonder"
- (awe) an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"
- Inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"
- (awe) fear: 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"
- (awing) amazing: inspiring awe or admiration or wonder; "New York is an amazing city"; "the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"; "the awesome complexity of the universe"; "this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville; "Westminster Hall's awing ...
- Filled with awe; Having or showing awe
- (awe) A feeling of fear and reverence; A feeling of amazement; To inspire fear and reverence; To control by inspiring dread
- (AWE) Atomic Weapons Establishment.
