[1635–45; awe + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1635–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: adjustment, federal, naturalism, reaction, sympathetic-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: classified, frosted, integrated, limited, loaded
Examples of 'awed' in a sentence
awed
He seems like a pop star or a politician and Julie feels slightly awed by him.
Scarlett Thomas GOING OUT (2002)
`Well done, Lovell," breathed Moira O'Hara in awed admiration.
Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE (2002)
Perhaps his parents were too awed by the medical profession to seek justice.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He was awed by the easy money on display.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They moved on from camp to camp, the comedians increasingly awed by the technology.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
I was so awed by what they'd done.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And being awed by her ability to control the very emotions he can't.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Even at 59, he is still awed by his father.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I was supposed to be quietly awed.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I was particularly awed by the spotlessness of their carpet.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The actor was so awed that he said almost nothing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But you still feel awed by the enormity of what is going on here.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Synonyms of 'awed'
impressed, shocked, amazed, afraid
More Synonyms of awed
(adjective)
The crowd listened in awed silence.
Synonyms
impressed
shocked
amazed
I was amazed to learn that most people travel without insurance.
afraid
She did not seem at all afraid.
He's afraid to sleep in his own bedroom.
stunned
When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.
frightened
She was too frightened to tell them what happened.
terrified
She was terrified that he would attack her.
cowed
astonished
I was astonished by his stupidity.
horrified
intimidated
Women can come in here and not feel intimidated.
fearful
I had often been very fearful and isolated.
daunted
I felt a little daunted by the size of the task.
dumbfounded
I stood there dumbfounded.
wonder-struck
wonder-stricken
Additional synonyms
in the sense of afraid
Definition
feeling fear or apprehension
She did not seem at all afraid.He's afraid to sleep in his own bedroom.
Synonyms
scared,
frightened,
nervous,
anxious,
terrified,
shaken,
alarmed,
startled,
suspicious,
intimidated,
fearful,
cowardly,
timid,
apprehensive,
petrified,
panicky,
panic-stricken,
timorous (literary),
faint-hearted,
scared shitless (taboo, slang),
shit-scared (taboo, slang)
in the sense of amazed
I was amazed to learn that most people travel without insurance.