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Meanings of
awe
in English
Portuguese
temor
Catalan
veneració
Spanish
terror
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A feeling of profound respect for someone or something.
fear
reverence
veneration
Portuguese
temor
Synonyms
Examples for "
fear
"
fear
reverence
veneration
Examples for "
fear
"
1
However, some politicians and public health experts
fear
that may be premature.
2
However, I
fear
this might simply be a case of wishful thinking.
3
Fruit farmers Facebook Twitter Pinterest Farmers
fear
uncertainty over EU workers' rights.
4
We can't continue to let the Syrian population
fear
for their future.
5
Countries
fear
seeing their young people left behind, their workforce made irrelevant.
1
False religion;
reverence
of beings not proper objects of
reverence
;
false worship.
2
They are held in high
reverence
by the common people in Ireland.
3
The world has lost
reverence
;
I regret it, I bitterly regret it.
4
However, he is probably regarded with the highest
reverence
in Puerto Rico.
5
The recluse looked at the little volume with
reverence
in his eyes.
1
Fourier was especially held in
veneration
by the Cheiks and the Ulémas.
2
On the contrary I have always held you in the highest
veneration
.
3
The oracle of Apollo at Delphi in Phocis enjoyed the utmost
veneration
.
4
Thus the opening of the supplication inspires
veneration
and confidence in Mary.
5
Men have a natural
veneration
for antiquity, especially in matters of religion.
Usage of
awe
in English
1
Now that people view me with
awe
,
I have the opposite problem.
2
The first emotion was surprise; the second,
awe
;
the third, pious fervour.
3
The Dominican uttered a loud cry; the guards started back in
awe
.
4
And yet he shrank back in
awe
at the change in it.
5
With nothing but local materials? Tishona said, looking at them with
awe
.
6
Vernell said local police tended to be in
awe
of the Bureau.
7
And yet he also fills me with
awe
for what is possible.
8
Marco gazed at it in silence, and with a feeling of
awe
.
9
The
awe
of the magician became the stricken panic of the woman.
10
The respect and
awe
in the eyes of his friend halted him.
11
Throughout his incomparable boxing career, Mike Tyson often left us in
awe
.
12
Even walking the links as they are today, one is left
awe
-
struck
.
13
But it was more in
awe
than in fear that he went.
14
Gaudy and brash the begonias left me in a state of
awe
.
15
The riders all sat in silent
awe
at the sight before them.
16
Even today, professional mathematicians are still in
awe
of things he did.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
awe
Adjective
Noun
Singular
eaw
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
stand in awe
great awe
superstitious awe
fill with awe
certain awe
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Translations for
awe
Portuguese
temor
Catalan
veneració
Spanish
terror
miedo
veneración
temor
reverencia
Awe
through the time
Awe
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
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