Awe

Definitions

1. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
2. A feeling of fear and reverence.
   uncountable, usually
3. A bucket (blade) attached to water wheels.
   obsolete
4. The station code of AsiaWorld–Expo in Hong Kong.
5. A short river between Loch Awe and Loch Etive, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland; in full, the River Awe.
   countable, uncountable
6. A feeling of amazement.
   uncountable, usually
7. Power to inspire awe.
   archaic, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“Last⟳ spring⟳, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.”

“For several minutes no one spoke; I think⟳ they must each have⟳ been as overcome⟳ by awe as was I. All about us was a flora and fauna as strange and wonderful to us as might have⟳ been those upon a distant planet had we suddenly been miraculously transported through ether to an unknown world.”

“In 1825, the first public railway carried passengers across the English countryside, setting in motion not just an engineering revolution, but an industrial one too. Imagine⟳ the awe and excitement of those first passengers as they boarded the train⟳, unaware that they were witnessing the dawn of a new era.”

“For nearly four miles, between Loch Awe and Taynuilt, the Callander and Oban section of the L.M.S.R. runs through the Pass⟳ of Brander, on the lower slopes of Ben Cruachan, beside the swift-flowing River Awe.”

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