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单词 awe
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awenoun [ U ]

uk/ɔː/us/ɑː/

C2 a feeling of great respect sometimes mixed with fear or surprise:

I've always held musicians in awe.
As children we were rather in awe of our grandfather.
You can't help but stand in awe of (= respect greatly and fear slightly) powerful people.

More examples

  • He's such an important man that I'm rather in awe of him.
  • We looked on in awe as the gymnast performed her routine.
  • The scenery was absolutely stunning - I remember gazing in a state of awe over the landscape.
  • We listened in awe because her voice was remarkable for someone so young.
  • As the champion played his shots, spectators looked on in awe.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Showing respect and admiration

  • admiration
  • admire
  • admiring
  • awestruck
  • cover yourself in/with glory idiom
  • glory
  • honorific
  • honour
  • idolatry
  • idolize
  • impress
  • impression
  • recognition
  • regard
  • salute
  • sb deserves a medal idiom
  • sit
  • sit at the feet of sb idiom
  • stan
  • think the sun shines out (of) sb's arse/backside idiom

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aweverb [ T ]

uk/ɔː/us/ɑː/past tense and past participle UK aweing or US awing

to cause someone to feel awe:

I was awed but not frightened by the huge gorilla.
Her paintings have awed and amazed the public for half a century.
The audience was awed into silence by her stunning performance.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Surprising and shocking

  • a blinding flash idiom
  • a bolt from/out of the blue idiom
  • amaze
  • amazing
  • astonish
  • bolt
  • breath
  • earth-shattering
  • expectation
  • eye-opener
  • faze
  • flabbergast
  • revelation
  • staggering
  • startle
  • startling
  • sting
  • stunning
  • stupefy
  • thunderbolt

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awed
adjective uk/ɔːd/us/ɑːd/

We stood there in awed silence.
"How does she manage to run so fast at her age?" he asked in awed tones.
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