AWE, AWE-INSPIRING
ADJECTIVES
► AWOUS awe-inspiring → 1675 obs.
► EERIESOME awe-inspiring, ghostly, weird → 1856 Sc.
► GARGRUGOUS awe-inspiring, terrifying; austere, both in aspect and manners → 1841 Sc.
NOUNS
► AWFULNESS an act, deed, etc. that fills or inspires others with awe → 1856 Sc.
► DARE a feeling of awe or fear → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
► LEGE an awe-inspiring and preeminent person → 1990 Amer. sl.
VERBS
► DARE to stand in awe; to be in dismay, to shrink from fear → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DAUNTON to awe, to depress, to dismay; to terrify, to intimidate, to subdue → 1794 Sc. & Eng. dial.
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