Dictionary Definition
awe
Noun
1 an overwhelming feeling of wonder or
admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2 a profound emotion inspired by a deity; "the
fear of God" [syn: fear,
reverence, veneration] v : inspire awe
in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
ege, influenced during by forms from the cognate agi.Pronunciation
- , /ɔː/, /O:/
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- Rhymes with: -ɔː
Noun
- A feeling of fear and reverence.
- A feeling of amazement.
Translations
feeling of fear and reverence
- Finnish: syvä kunnioitus, kunnioittava pelko
- Hungarian: áhitat
feeling of amazement
- Finnish: hämmästys
- Hungarian: bámulat
Derived terms
Verb
Translations
to inspire fear and reverence
- Finnish: pelottaa, herättää pelkoa, herättää kunnioitusta
to control by inspiring dread
- Finnish: pelotella
Extensive Definition
AWE or Awe may refer to:
'''Organizations:
- AWE, the America West Airlines ICAO airline code
- AWE, Atomic Weapons Establishment, which provides and maintains the UK's nuclear deterrent system
- AWE, ASX stock symbol for Australian Worldwide Exploration, a gas and oil company
- AWE, Automobilwerk Eisenach, a German automobile manufacturer
Computing:
- AWE, Address Windowing Extensions, a Microsoft Windows memory handling mode
- Sound Blaster AWE32 (Advanced Wave Effects), a sound card made by Creative Labs
Places:
- Awe, Argyll and Bute, a village in Scotland
- Loch Awe, a lake in Argyll and Bute, Scotland
'''Other uses:
- Francis Awe, Nigerian musician
- Shock and awe, a military doctrine also known as rapid dominance
- AWE, Australian White Ensign, the ensign flown by ships of the Royal Australian Navy
awe in German: AWE
awe in Italian: AWE
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abject fear, admiration, adoration, affright, alarm, amaze, amazement, apotheosis, appall, appreciation, approbation, approval, astonish, astonishment, astound, astoundment, awestrike, be widely reputed,
bedaze, bedazzle, beguilement, bewilder, bewilderment, blue funk,
boggle, bowl down, bowl
over, breathless adoration, breathless wonder, command respect,
confound, consideration, consternation, courtesy, cowardice, daunt, daze, dazzle, deference, deification, deter, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dread, dumbfound, dumbfounder, dumbfoundment, duty, esteem, estimation, exaggerated
respect, fascination, favor, faze, fear, flabbergast, freeze, fright, funk, great respect, have prestige,
hero worship, high regard, homage, honor, horrification, horrify, horror, idolatry, idolization, inspire
respect, marvel, marveling, overawe, overwhelm, panic, panic fear, paralyze, perplex, petrify, phobia, prestige, puzzlement, rank high,
regard, respect, reverence, reverential regard,
scare, scare stiff, scare
to death, sense of mystery, sense of wonder, shake, shock, spook, stagger, stampede, stand high, startle, stop, strike dead, strike dumb,
strike terror into, strike with wonder, stun, stupefaction, stupefy, surprise, terrify, terror, terrorize, unholy dread,
veneration, wonder, wonderment, worship