awe

  • 21awe — awe1 [ ɔ ] noun uncount * a feeling of great respect and admiration, often combined with fear: The place has always inspired me with awe and wonder. in awe: They gazed in awe at their hero. be/stand in awe of someone: He is totally in awe of his… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22awe — [[t]ɔ͟ː[/t]] awes, awed 1) N UNCOUNT Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with something wonderful and often rather frightening. She gazed in awe at the great stones... His fellow officers regarded him with …

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  • 23awe — 1 noun (U) 1 a feeling of great respect and admiration for someone or something: with awe/in awe: Kate gazed at the mountains with awe. | fill sb with awe: The sight of so many jewels in one place filled them with awe. 2 be/stand in awe of sb to… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24awe — I UK [ɔː] / US [ɔ] noun [uncountable] * a feeling of great respect and admiration, often combined with fear The place has always inspired me with awe and wonder. in awe: They gazed in awe at their hero. be/stand in awe of someone: He is totally… …

    English dictionary

  • 25AWE — Die Abkürzung AWE steht für: Address Windowing Extension, eine Windows Erweiterung zur Unterstützung von mehr als 4 GB Hauptspeicher Alowe, ein Flughafen in Gabun, als internationaler Flughafencode Atomic Weapons Establishment, ein… …

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  • 26Awe — Die Abkürzung AWE steht für: Address Windowing Extension, eine Windows Erweiterung zur Unterstützung von mehr als 4 GB Hauptspeicher Alowe, ein Flughafen in Gabun, als internationaler Flughafencode Atomic Weapons Establishment, ein britischer… …

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  • 27awe — /aw/, n., v., awed, awing. n. 1. an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like: in awe of God; in awe of great political figures. 2. Archaic. power to… …

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  • 28awe — {{11}}awe (n.) c.1300, earlier aghe, c.1200, from a Scandinavian source, Cf. O.N. agi fright, from P.Gmc. *agiz (Cf. O.E. ege fear, O.H.G. agiso fright, terror, Goth. agis fear, anguish ), from PIE *agh es (Cf. Gk. akhos pain, grief ), from root …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 29awe — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse agi; akin to Old English ege awe, Greek achos pain Date: 13th century 1. an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime <&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 30awe — /ɔ / (say aw) noun 1. respectful or reverential fear, inspired by what is grand or sublime: to regard the works of nature with awe. 2. Obsolete a. fear or dread. b. the power to inspire such fear or dread. –verb (t) (awed, awing) 3. to inspire&#8230; …