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awe

1 of 2

noun

ˈȯ How to pronounce awe (audio)
1
: an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
stood in awe of the king
regard nature's wonders with awe
2
archaic
a
: dread, terror
b
: the power to inspire dread

awe

2 of 2

verb

awed; awing

transitive verb

: to inspire or fill with awe
We were awed by the beauty of the mountains.

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun Clem gasped in awe. Inches from the shelf stood a column of scrimshaw the likes of which he'd never seen. Al Michaud, Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2005 I expected to be impressed by Machu Picchu, but now that we're here, standing in the clouds atop the world, I'm more than impressed—I'm in awe. Machu Picchu is actually better than photographs suggest, more a timeless way station than archaeological ruin. Patrick J. Kelly, Traveler, May/June 2005 Organs began to appear in American churches early in the eighteenth century. Their glorious tones promised to harmonize cacophonous congregational singers and to inspire worshippers with a reverential sense of awe, bestirring them to moral improvement. Jonathan D. Sarna, American Judaism, 2004 It was a sight that filled me with awe and reverence. a person who inspires feelings of awe in others Verb We stood at an impasse. If she thought she was getting my bags, she was nuts. I was still awed that they had actually made it through baggage claim in one piece; there was no way I was parting with them now. Helene Cooper, The House At Sugar Beach, 2008 Most relative neophytes are so awed by having been accepted into the priesthood of specialty medicine and so reluctant to cause themselves trouble in the institutions in which they will work for the coming decades that they would be hesitant to risk offending their seniors. Sherwin B. Nuland, New York Review of Books, 18 July 2002 But even non-birders cannot help but be awed by the significance of the habitat. All around us creatures dart and dive; birds attracted by fish and water, birds drawn by seeds and chaff. Birds with silly names: loons, boobies, cuckoos, goatsuckers. Clara Jeffery, Harper's, November 2002 Her style both awes and perplexes me. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Webb’s composite photos of the gas giant are so impressive that even scientists were awe-struck. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022 The awe espoused by his colleagues continues unabated. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 19 July 2022 But the pristine abstraction of natural splendor soon smacks up against infrastructure—the complex awe of the train and tracks and tunnels that bring them back home to Paris and to the practicalities that soon snap them out of their romantic dream. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 July 2022 The Williams that her fellow players, so many of them so much younger, speak of with awe and inspiration, is now more of an idea than an actual opponent. New York Times, 29 June 2022 The twinkling grid of lights stirs the same primordial awe that comes from watching a starry sky or a moonlit sea. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022 There's definitely a joy that comes from the awe of nature and the majesty of the landscape, which [fuel] the experience. Emilia Benton, SELF, 8 June 2022 Still, the awe in his coaches’ voices isn’t unfounded. Theo Mackie, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2022 The Himalayas were an unknown frontier, and Mr. Conefrey captures the awe that adventurers felt in their mighty company. Michael O’donnell, WSJ, 25 May 2022
Verb
Not Beyoncé — her albums shimmer as rare visitations from the heavens, meant to awe and inspire. BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 On vacation with her family in Jamaica, Ralph gasped into her phone as her son filmed her shock and awe unfolding in real time. Caroline Framke, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022 The odds are that there will still be attempts to shock and awe by exaggerations concerning AI in the most unashamedly outrageous terms. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 12 June 2022 Musical purveyors of shlock and awe with a penchant for guitar riffs, social commentary and fake blood, the rock band Gwar was an unlikely cult success story. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022 From high-octane costumes to awe-inspiring art and set design, the 2022 Glastonbury festival made a stunning comeback. Leah Dolan, CNN, 27 June 2022 This massive subterranean wonder will awe you while testing your knowledge of stalactites and stalagmites. Rebecca Deurlein, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2022 Russia's failure to shock and awe Ukraine isn't impressing the Pentagon. Peter Weber, The Week, 25 Mar. 2022 Artificial intelligence continues to awe, puzzle, and worry many people. Dave Wright, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English aw, awe, ahe "terror, dread, extreme reverence, veneration, something to be feared, danger," borrowed from Old Norse agi, accusative aga "terror, uproar," n-stem derivative from a Germanic base *ag- seen in the s-stem noun *agaz (whence Old English ege "fear, terror" [with assimilation to i-stems], Gothic agis) and a verbal derivative *agisōjan- (whence Old High German egisōn "to fear," Middle Dutch eisen) and a corresponding noun derivative *agisan- (whence Old English egesa, egsa "fear, terror," Old Saxon egiso, Old High German agiso, egiso); Germanic *agaz perhaps going back to Indo-European *h2egh-os, whence also Greek áchos "pain, distress"

Note: Germanic also has a verb *agan-, exemplified by the Gothic Class VI preterite-present ogan "to fear" (from a presumed reduplicated perfect) and the adjective unagands "fearless"; the verb has been compared with Old Irish adˑágadar "(s/he) frightens," and (despite the semantic gap) Greek áchnymai, achnýnai "to grieve, lament." See also etymology and note at ail entry 1.

Verb

Middle English awen "to terrify, overawe," derivative of awe "terror, awe entry 1"

First Known Use

Noun

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Verb

1597, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of awe was in the 12th century

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