awe
[noun]
Synonyms:
- wonder, admiration, amazement, astonishment, dread, fear, horror, respect, reverence, terror
[verb]
Synonyms:
- impress, amaze, astonish, frighten, horrify, intimidate, stun, terrify

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Contrasted words: despite, scorn, arrogance, insolence, superciliousness
Related Words: esteem, regard, respect, veneration, worship, admiration, amazement, wonder, wonderment

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. awe¹ /ɔː $ ɒː/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old Norse; Origin: agi]

1. a feeling of great respect and liking for someone or something:
He felt great awe for the landscape.
with/in awe
Kate gazed at the statue with awe.

2. be/stand in awe of somebody (also hold somebody in awe) to admire someone and have great respect for them and sometimes a slight fear of them:
All of the neighbours were a little in awe of my mother.
The villagers hold them in awe and think of them as gods.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. awe² verb [transitive usually passive]
formal if you are awed by someone or something, you feel great respect and liking for them, and are often slightly afraid of them:
The girls were awed by the splendour of the cathedral.
—awed adjective:
an awed silence

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

awe
noun
ADJ. great
VERB + AWE be/stand in, hold sb in Most people hold him in some awe.
feel | inspire Everest has always inspired awe and respect among climbers.
PREP. in/with ~ We gazed in awe at the massive building.
~ at What I mostly felt was awe at her achievement.
PHRASES a sense of awe They experienced a tremendous sense of awe in the cathedral.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

awe
ɔ:
See: stand in awe of

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲