awed

adj — 2 senses

awed

adj

/ɔːd/

1

Filled with awe.

2

Having or showing awe.

  • Even now my heart faints before the recollection of it, as she stood and smiled at our awed faces, and I would give half my remaining time upon this earth to see her once like that again.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
Synonyms
thunderstruck, awestruck, awestricken
Derived terms
awedness, unawed

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