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单词 awed
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awedadj.

Brit. /ɔːd/, U.S. /ɔd/, /ɑd/
Forms: 1500s– awed, 1600s aw'd.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: awe n.1, -ed suffix2; awe v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < awe n.1 + -ed suffix2, and partly < awe v. + -ed suffix1. Compare earlier awful adj. (especially awful adj. II.).
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.
2. Held in awe or reverence; feared, dreaded, revered. Cf. awe v. 4. Obsolete.
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).
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