Definitions for awe

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Spelling: [aw]
IPA: /ɔ/

Awe is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 10 anagrams from letters in awe (aew).

Definitions for awe

noun

  1. an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like:
  2. Archaic. power to inspire fear or reverence.
  3. Obsolete. fear or dread.

verb (used with object)

  1. to inspire with awe.
  2. to influence or restrain by awe.

Origin of awe

1250-1300; Middle English aghe, awe Scandinavian; compare Old Norse agi fear, cognate with Gothic agis, Old English ege, Greek áchos pain

Examples for awe

The shared feelings, the bubbling emotion, the awe: she became an experience.

You did not like to look at it, and you could not meet it without unpleasantness and awe.

As usual, I spent most of my time in awe of my fellow cosplaying women.

Besides, she did not stand in awe of Gilder, as did the others in his service.

"Heads for her, tails for me," he said, with some awe in his tone.

I watched in awe as he virtually caromed off the walls of the classrooms and hallways.

In the art world, sex can be the ultimate attention-grabber, one of the best forms of shock and awe.

He was in awe of Tel Aviv, a gay-friendly city with Pride parades rivaling those in Berlin and Amsterdam.

With all his masterfulness he was very considerably in awe of Miss Allis.

With an undefined feeling of awe, she looked in the countenance of her friend.

Word Value for awe
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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