Awe, n.
- 1. Reverence, veneration, reverential fear.
- 2. Dread, fearfulness, terror, fear.
- 3. Solemn exaltation, admiring solemnity, adoring wonder.
Awe, v. a.
- 1. Inspire with awe, solemnize, make reverent, fill with revering dread.
- 2. Overawe, intimidate, frighten, affright, daunt, cow. See affright.
Aweless, Awless, a.
- 1. Destitute of awe, irreverent, unrevering.
- 2. Inspiring no awe, undread, unsolemn, unvenerable, unimposing, unmajestic, unstately.
Awe-struck, a
- 1. Awed, inspired with awe, solemnized, solemn, reverent, revering, filled with solemn exaltation.
- 2. Dismayed, horrified, appalled, terrified, frightened, awe-stricken, horror-struck, over-whelmed.
Awful, a.
- 1. Dread, awe-inspiring, reverend, venerable, august, grand, stately, imposing, solemn, majestic.
- 2. Dreadful, fearful, horrible, horrid, horrifying, terrible, dire, direful, frightful, appalling, tremendous, overwhelming,
alarming, portentous.
Awhile, ad. For a time, for some time, some time, for a while.
Awkward, a.
- 1. Unskilful, bungling, unhandy, maladroit, inapt, clumsy, without dexterity.
- 2. Unwieldy, lumbering, unmanageable, inconvenient, unfit.
- 3. Uncouth, unrefined, unpolished, uncourtly, rude, rough, clumsy, coarse, wooden, inelegant, ungainly,
untoward, ungraceful, stiff, constrained, uneasy, rustic, boorish, clownish, loutish, gawky, lubberly, slouching.