[ UK /ˈɔːd/ ]
[ US /ˈɔd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
    awful worshippers with bowed heads
    awed by the silence
  2. having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
    stood in awed silence before the shrine
    in grim despair and awestruck wonder
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How To Use awed In A Sentence

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  • Fear gnawed at her soul.
  • A rat had gnawed a hole in the box.
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