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单词 unawful
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unawfuladj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈawful.
1. Not inspired or tinged with awe. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adjective]
unreverenta1425
aweless1440
irreverent1550
unreverendc1562
irreverend1576
unawful1627
irreverential1652
unreverential1793
1627 M. Wren Serm. 33 All negligent and perfunctorie performance of our Religion, all slight and unawful Expressions in it, as in Gods presence, are the foulest Scorn and Abasement that may be.
1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 70 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity Men come with as unprepared, unreverent, unawfull, and undevout thoughts and affections to a sermon, as to a play.
2. Not inspiring or causing awe.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adjective] > not worthy of reverence
aweless1440
irreverenta1513
unreverent1576
unreverend1581
unvenerablea1616
irreverend1748
unawful1799
1799 H. T. Colebrooke in Life (1873) 422 In the valleys the gloomy confined view is not unawful.
1826 H. H. Milman Anne Boleyn iii. 50 I go..where wild men howl around Their blood stain'd altars—to uplift th' unknown, Unawful Crucifix.
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