Antonyms for overawe

Grammar : Verb

Spell : oh-ver-aw

Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈɔ

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

Example sentences :

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

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