awe

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

awe [awe awes awed awing] noun, verb BrE [ɔː] NAmE [ɔː]
noun uncountable
feelings of respect and slight fear; feelings of being very impressed by sth/sb
•awe and respect
•awe and wonder
•He speaks of her with awe.
•‘It's magnificent,’ she whispered in awe.

Word Origin:
Old English ege ‘terror, dread, awe’, replaced in Middle English by forms related to Old Norse agi.

Example Bank:
•I stared at the clouds, in awe of their beauty.
•Most people hold him in some awe.
•They experienced a tremendous sense of awe in the cathedral.
•We gazed in awe at the massive building.
•What I mostly felt was awe at her achievement.
•‘It's magnificent,’ she whispered in awe.
•They gazed in awe at the beauty of the scene.
Idiom: in awe of somebody
Derived Word: ↑awed
 
verb ~ sb usually passive (formal)
to fill sb with ↑awe
•She seemed awed by the presence of so many famous people.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English ege ‘terror, dread, awe’, replaced in Middle English by forms related to Old Norse agi.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fear, reverence, veneration