Meaning of awe in English
(Definition of awe from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of awe
awe
The awe and fear are internally related to what the ritual shows or says.
Teachers' authority is seldom challenged, and this authoritative role awes the students into obedient listeners.
The beauty of the creation has an emotional effect, which ought, at the very least, to inspire awe.
The holiness of the object is what evokes emotional responses of awe, terror, admiration, worship, and so forth.
The weird spectacle awed the soldiers into a sort of paralysis.
The conclusion is followed by a helpful chronology and an awe-inspiring bibliography of primary and secondary sources.
This is a terrific book, as in terrifying and awe-inspiring.
The people held this idol in such reverence and awe that no one but his keepers dared approach or touch him.
The effect is one of generosity, verticality, exclusivity, grandeur, dignity, awe.
I have been in awe of him since.
So it appeared to be suspended in the air; it must have been an awe-inspiring sight.
I was in awe of the temper of the sound and the lyrics.
Price writes that the yielding response is also a source of awe and facilitates the psychological investment that followers place in the leader.
Why they should feel this supreme awe of man it is difficult to explain.
Coal miners have in this sense become at once morally marginal and symbolically central, both despised and held in awe.
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Translations of awe
in Chinese (Traditional)
敬畏, 驚奇，驚嘆, 使敬畏…
in Chinese (Simplified)
敬畏, 惊奇，惊叹, 使敬畏…
in Spanish
respeto reverencial, maravillar, asombrar…
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estupefação, temor respeitoso, admiração reverente…
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畏怖（いふ）の念, 畏敬（いけい）, 畏敬（いけい）の念（ねん）…
merak ve birazda korku içeren saygı, korku ve hayranlık, hürmet ve korkuyla…
respect [masculine] mêlé d’admiration, crainte révérentielle, inspirer une crainte respectueuse (à)…
ontzag, ontzag inboezemen…
மிகுந்த மரியாதை உணர்வு சில நேரங்களில் பயம் அல்லது ஆச்சரியத்துடன் கலந்திருக்கும்…
श्रद्धायुक्त आदर या भय, धाक…
ærefrygt, nære ærefrygt for…
vördnad, respekt, fruktan…
die Ehrfurcht, Ehrfurcht einflößen…
respekt [masculine], ærefrykt [masculine], ærefrykt…
благоговіння, викликати благоговіння…
bázlivá úcta, naplnit bázní a úctou…
ความน่าเกรงขาม, ทำให้เกรงกลัว…
soggezione, timore, timore riverenziale…
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