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Antonyms for overawe
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : oh-ver-aw |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈɔ |
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- assure
- be noisy
- bear
- boost
- bore
- calm
- coax
- comfort
- commend
- communicate
- compliment
- create
- delight
- depress
- discourage
- dissuade
- disturb
- embolden
- encourage
- expect
- fail
- give birth
- gladden
- hearten
- help
- incite
- inspire
- inspirit
- irritate
- laud
- leave alone
- let go
- lose
- make happy
- miss
- neglect
- permit
- please
- praise
- reassure
- release
- soothe
- spur on
- start
- stimulate
- stop
- support
- take apart
- talk
- undaunt
- uplift
- urge
Definition of overawe
Origin :- 1570s, from over- + awe (v.). Perhaps coined by Spenser. Related: Overawed; overawing.
- As in impress : verb influence
- As in intimidate : verb frighten, threaten
- As in awe : verb amaze
- As in silence : verb make or be quiet
- As in browbeat : verb castigate, nag
- As in quieten : verb silence
- As in shush : verb silence
- As in cow : verb browbeat, intimidate
- As in daunt : verb frighten, alarm
- As in dazzle : verb confuse, amaze
- As in discourage : verb dishearten, dispirit
- He spoke in a jerky voice, as if he thought to overawe the boy.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- "To your work," he cried, bravely, thinking yet that he might overawe them.
- Extract from : « Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser » by Walter Fenton Mott
- And had he begun to build his castles to stun and overawe the rabbles that pass his door?
- Extract from : « The Root of Evil » by Thomas Dixon
- Not a single soldier is to be found in our domain to overawe or protect society.
- Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
- He may, indeed, build barrack after barrack to overawe them.
- Extract from : « The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- He wanted to overawe Dick; but somehow Dick wouldn't be overawed.
- Extract from : « Fame and Fortune » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
- Alva built a —— in the heart of Antwerp to overawe the city.
- Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
- It is a crime to be above the vulgar, and yet not overawe the vulgar.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845 » by Various
- But you've brought in a bunch of toughs and gunmen to overawe us and do your dirty work.
- Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
- Also they have brought in a number of hard citizens—what are known as 'gunmen'—to overawe us.
- Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
Synonyms for overawe
- abash
- affect
- afflict
- alarm
- appall
- arouse
- astonish
- awe
- badger
- baffle
- bait
- be conspicuous
- beat down
- bedazzle
- blind
- blow away
- bludgeon
- blur
- bluster
- bother
- bowl over
- break one's heart
- browbeat
- buffalo
- bulldoze
- bully
- carry
- cast down
- chill
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- coerce
- compel
- confuse
- consternate
- constrain
- cool it
- cow
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- dash
- daunt
- daze
- dazzle
- deaden
- decrease the volume
- deject
- demoralize
- deprecate
- depress
- despotize
- deter
- discomfit
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- disparage
- dispirit
- disquiet
- distress
- domineer
- dragoon
- droop
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- electrify
- embarrass
- enforce
- enthuse
- excite
- extinguish
- fascinate
- faze
- flabbergast
- foil
- force
- frighten
- gag
- galvanize
- get
- glitz
- grab
- grandstand
- harass
- hector
- hold one's tongue
- horrify
- hotdog
- hound
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- hypnotize
- impress
- inspire
- intimidate
- irk
- keep it down
- kill
- knock out
- knock socks off
- lean on
- lord it over
- lull
- make a hit
- make an impression
- make splash
- move
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- oblige
- oppress
- overawe
- overbear
- overpower
- overwhelm
- pipe down
- pique
- prostrate
- provoke
- push around
- put heat on
- put off
- put the chill on
- put through the wringer
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- rattle
- razzle-dazzle
- register
- repress
- ride
- ruffle
- say nothing
- scare
- score
- shake
- show off
- showboat
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- slay
- soft-pedal
- spook
- squelch
- startle
- stifle
- still
- stimulate
- stir
- strike
- strike dumb
- strong-arm
- stun
- stupefy
- subdue
- suppress
- surprise
- sway
- terrify
- terrorize
- threaten
- thrill
- throw cold water on
- thwart
- tongue-tie
- touch
- trouble
- try
- turn on the heat
- twist someone's arm
- tyrannize
- unnerve
- vex
- walk heavy
- weigh
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