单词 | awed |
释义 | awedadj. 1. a. Characterized by or resulting from awe; esp. expressing awe or reverence; reverential. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > awe, reverential wonder > [adjective] grureful?c1225 fearful1340 ferdfulc1380 awfula1400 grisleda1400 gruesome1570 awesome1578 tremend1581 awed1591 tremendous1632 mystic1842 1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. i. 1 Betweene malice of the one side, and awëd partiality of the other, small regarde there was taken..howe posteritie shoulde be truly enformed. 1601 Marie Magdalens Lament. v. sig. E.iiiv His tongue (whose truth infallible is) Whose word omnipotent rules sea and wind, Whom creatures (most insensible) doe kisse With aw'd obedience. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 80 Who, after a moment's awed pause, had resumed their gambols. 1937 L. Jones Cwmardy i. 6 His eyes became sore, and he turned to his father to ask in an awed voice: ‘How deep be it, dad?’ 2017 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Feb. We stand in awed silence, watching the sun rise. b. Filled with, or overwhelmed by, awe; awestruck. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > awe > [adjective] dreadful?c1225 dreadlya1250 dreadya1325 fearful1597 awesome1598 awed1607 awestruck1637 awe-stricken1796 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adjective] > full of reverential fear dreadful?c1225 dreadlya1250 dreadya1325 awful1597 fearful1597 awesome1598 awed1607 awestruck1637 awe-stricken1796 1607 J. Marston What you Will iii. sig. D3v The Idolatrous vulgar, that worship Images, Stand aw'd and bare-skalp't at the glosse of silkes. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 40 They feele an awed and fearefull heart. 1790 H. M. Williams Julia I. viii. 81 The awed and astonished mind is raised above the temptations of guilt. 1889 M. Betham-Edwards For One & World (1890) xxv. 301 There were five boys and girls of all ages clinging to father's skirts, too awed and timid to wail aloud. 2005 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 June c5 The longtime DJ for rap duo Gang Starr nonchalantly strolled through the crowd of awed onlookers while heading to the decks. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being awesome > [adjective] awfulc1175 grureful?c1225 fearful1340 ferdfulc1380 grisleda1400 dread1420 dreaded1556 tremblable1560 gruesome1570 awesome1578 tremend1581 awing1589 tremendous1632 aweda1656 awous?1675 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > quality of inspiring reverence > [adjective] > worthy of or inspiring reverential fear > held in reverential fear dreadlya1250 dread1420 dreaded1556 aweda1656 a1656 Bp. J. Hall Invisible World (1659) iii. iii. 152 Samson..that awed champion. Derivatives ˈawedness n. the state or condition of being in awe of someone or something. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > awe > [noun] > state of being full of awfulness1574 awedness1601 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [noun] > reverential fear dreadingc1175 devotion?c1225 trembling1303 awea1400 dread1508 awfulness1574 awedness1601 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 111 They are all tyrants, and to preserue their estates, and induce submissiue awednes, they hold hard hands ouer the comminaltie. 2015 Middletown (Delaware) Transcript (Electronic ed.) 7 May They seemed in awe of my ability to run 25 miles. Most runners know that a full marathon is 26 miles, 385 yards... No, I did not correct the person, not wanting to add another 1.2 miles to their ‘awed-ness’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1591 |
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