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Synonyms for awed

Grammar : Verb
Spell : awd
Phonetic Transcription : ɔd

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Définition of awed

Origin :
  • c.1300, earlier aghe, c.1200, from a Scandinavian source, e.g. Old Norse agi "fright;" from Proto-Germanic *agiz- (cf. Old English ege "fear," Old High German agiso "fright, terror," Gothic agis "fear, anguish"), from PIE *agh-es- (cf. Greek akhos "pain, grief"), from root *agh- "to be depressed, be afraid" (see ail). Current sense of "dread mixed with veneration" is due to biblical use with reference to the Supreme Being. Awe-inspiring is recorded from 1814.
  • verb amaze
Example sentences :
  • His very desolation, amidst the unfamiliar faces, awed and chilled him.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Caeri was awed by the noble and fearless manner of the stranger.
  • Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
  • And now again she spoke in almost awed tones of my "deepness."
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The savage and the satyr might have beheld, and been awed into reverence.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Neither spoke for a long time; an awed silence rested on them.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • We turned back to Fraser, amazed, awed, bursting with questions.
  • Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
  • They went and waited, silent now, awed by the presence of the men.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • She was awed and a little frightened, but she did not feel like crying.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "I won't know what to do with all that money, Mr. McGuire," said Beth in an awed voice.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • From time to time, awed by the fury of the elements, he looked into the night.
  • Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman

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