AWE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of awe in English awenoun [ U ] uk /ɔː/ us /ɑː/ Add to word list Add to word list C2 a feeling of great respect sometimes mixed with fear or surprise: I've always held musicians in awe. As children we were rather in awe of our grandfather. You can't help but stand in awe of (= respect greatly and fear slightly) powerful people. to admire someone or something

• admireI've always admired her for her generous spirit.
• respectI respect her for what she has achieved, but I would have approached it very differently.
• think highly ofEveryone thinks highly of him.
• hold someone in high esteemHer colleagues in Washington hold her in very high esteem.
• hold someone in high regardHe contributed much to the life of York, and was held in high regard there.
• look up toShe was my older sister and I looked up to her.

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• He's such an important man that I'm rather in awe of him.
• We looked on in awe as the gymnast performed her routine.
• The scenery was absolutely stunning - I remember gazing in a state of awe over the landscape.
• We listened in awe because her voice was remarkable for someone so young.
• As the champion played his shots, spectators looked on in awe.

Showing respect and admiration

• admiration
• admire
• admiring
• admiringly
• approving
• approvingly
• fulsomeness
• glorify
• grovelling
• hallow
• hero worship
• homage
• pay your respects idiom
• philogyny
• put someone on a pedestal idiom
• regard someone/something highly
• regild
• respectfully
• woof
• worshipful

See more results » aweverb [ T ] uk /ɔː/ us /ɑː/ present participle UK aweing or US awing to cause someone to feel awe: I was awed but not frightened by the huge gorilla. Her paintings have awed and amazed the public for half a century. The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance. Surprising and shocking

• against all expectations phrase
• amaze
• amazing
• amazingly
• astonish
• dumbfoundingly
• dynamite
• earth-shaking
• earth-shakingly
• earth-shattering
• one for the books idiom
• pull
• pull something out of the bag/hat idiom
• raise (a few) eyebrows idiom
• reality check
• turn-up for the book(s) idiom
• unbelievable
• walk
• walk in on someone phrasal verb
• world-shattering

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awed (Definition of awe from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

awe | American Dictionary

awenoun [ U ] us /ɔ/ Add to word list Add to word list a feeling of great respect, usually mixed with fear or surprise: I was too much in awe of him to address him directly.  awe-inspiring If something is awe-inspiring, it causes you to admire or respect it a lot: Niagara Falls is an awe-inspiring sight.

awe

verb [ T ] us /ɔ/ present participle awing The school kids were awed when Doug Flutie, the football star, entered the room. (Definition of awe from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of awe

awe The awe and fear are internally related to what the ritual shows or says. From the Cambridge English Corpus Teachers' authority is seldom challenged, and this authoritative role awes the students into obedient listeners. From the Cambridge English Corpus The beauty of the creation has an emotional effect, which ought, at the very least, to inspire awe. From the Cambridge English Corpus The holiness of the object is what evokes emotional responses of awe, terror, admiration, worship, and so forth. From the Cambridge English Corpus The weird spectacle awed the soldiers into a sort of paralysis. From the Cambridge English Corpus The conclusion is followed by a helpful chronology and an awe-inspiring bibliography of primary and secondary sources. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is a terrific book, as in terrifying and awe-inspiring. From the Cambridge English Corpus The people held this idol in such reverence and awe that no one but his keepers dared approach or touch him. From the Cambridge English Corpus The effect is one of generosity, verticality, exclusivity, grandeur, dignity, awe. From the Cambridge English Corpus I have been in awe of him since. From the Cambridge English Corpus So it appeared to be suspended in the air; it must have been an awe-inspiring sight. From the Cambridge English Corpus I was in awe of the temper of the sound and the lyrics. From the Cambridge English Corpus Price writes that the yielding response is also a source of awe and facilitates the psychological investment that followers place in the leader. From the Cambridge English Corpus Why they should feel this supreme awe of man it is difficult to explain. From the Cambridge English Corpus Coal miners have in this sense become at once morally marginal and symbolically central, both despised and held in awe. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of awe These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of awe?

Translations of awe

in Chinese (Traditional) 敬畏, 驚奇，驚嘆, 使敬畏… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 敬畏, 惊奇，惊叹, 使敬畏… See more in Spanish respeto reverencial, maravillar, asombrar… See more in Portuguese estupefação, temor respeitoso, admiração reverente… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian आदर, वचक, धाक… See more 畏怖（いふ）の念, 畏敬（いけい）, 畏敬（いけい）の念（ねん）… See more merak ve birazda korku içeren saygı, korku ve hayranlık, hürmet ve korkuyla… See more respect [masculine] mêlé d’admiration, crainte révérentielle, inspirer une crainte respectueuse (à)… See more respecte reverencial… See more ontzag, ontzag inboezemen… See more மிகுந்த மரியாதை உணர்வு சில நேரங்களில் பயம் அல்லது ஆச்சரியத்துடன் கலந்திருக்கும்… See more श्रद्धायुक्त आदर या भय, धाक… See more આદર, પ્રભાવ… See more ærefrygt, nære ærefrygt for… See more vördnad, respekt, fruktan… See more kagum, rasa kagum… See more die Ehrfurcht, Ehrfurcht einflößen… See more respekt [masculine], ærefrykt [masculine], ærefrykt… See more احترام, دبدبہ, رعب… See more благоговіння, викликати благоговіння… See more విస్మయం… See more বিস্ময়, মুগ্ধতা… See more bázlivá úcta, naplnit bázní a úctou… See more takjub, kagum… See more ความน่าเกรงขาม, ทำให้เกรงกลัว… See more sợ hãi, làm sợ hãi… See more respekt, groza, lęk… See more 경외감… See more soggezione, timore, timore riverenziale… See more Need a translator?

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