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awed

UK/ɔːd/ US/ˈɔd/ rare

adjective

1.

inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence

  • “awed by the silence”
  • “awful worshippers with bowed heads”
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2.

having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread

  • “stood in awed silence before the shrine”
  • “in grim despair and awestruck wonder”

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