awe
Meaning
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- A feeling of fear and reverence.
- A feeling of amazement.
- Power to inspire awe.
Synonyms
fear of God
inspire awe in
reverential fear
strike fear
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔː/
Etymology
From Middle English aw, awe, agh, awȝe, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”). Displaced native Middle English eye, eyȝe, ayȝe, eȝȝe, from Old English ege, æge (“fear, terror, dread”), from the same Proto-Germanic root.
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