awe

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration (Freq. 4)
- he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe
• Hypernyms:
wonder, wonderment, admiration
2. a feeling of profound respect for someone or something
- the fear of God
- the Chinese reverence for the dead
- the French treat food with gentle reverence
- his respect for the law bordered on veneration
• Syn:
fear, reverence, veneration
• Derivationally related forms:
venerate (for: veneration), reverential (for: reverence), reverent (for: reverence), reverence (for: reverence), revere (for: reverence), fear (for: fear)
• Hypernyms:
emotion

II - verb

inspire awe in (Freq. 1)
- The famous professor awed the undergraduates
• Hypernyms:
frighten, fright, scare, affright
• Hyponyms:
overawe, cow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot awe Sue
- The performance is likely to awe Sue

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