Awed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Awe \Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Awed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Awing}.]
     To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to
     control by inspiring dread.
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           That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak.
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           His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the
           bystanders.                              --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  awed
       adj 1: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence;
              "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed
              heads" [syn: {awful}]
       2: 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" [syn: {awestruck},
           {awestricken}, {in awe of}] [ant: {unawed}]