awed Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb inspire awe in
    awe.
    • The famous professor awed the undergraduates
  2. adjective satellite inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
    awful.
    • awed by the silence
    • awful worshippers with bowed heads
  3. adjective having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
    awestruck; awestricken.
    • stood in awed silence before the shrine
    • in grim despair and awestruck wonder

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