Significados de too overawed en inglés

He passed the 11-plus, but was too overawed by grammar school to take up a place.

Margery would have wept for him, if she had not been too overawed and palpitating to do anything.

"Do sit down, Peninah," suggested the boy in a half-whisper, too overawed by the elegant furnishings and long rows of books to speak out loud.