They watched the solemn ceremony in the church with awe.
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Awe
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Synonyms for "awe" (129 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (64)
frightenfunkgreat respecthave prestigehero worshiphigh regardhomagehonorhorrificationhorrifyhorroridolatryidolizationinspire respectintimidatemarvelmarvelingoveraweoverwhelmpanic
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panic fearparalyzeperplexpetrifyphobiaprestigepuzzlementrank highregardrespectreverencereverential regardscarescare stiffscare to deathsense of mysterysense of wondershakeshockspookstaggerstampedestand highstartlestopstrike deadstrike dumbstrike terror intostrike with wonderstunstupefactionstupefysurpriseterrifyterrorterrorizeunholy dreadvenerationwonderwondermentworship
Verb(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
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106 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄγος noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Arabic
2 entries- ذُهُول noun (feeling of amazement)
- هَيْبَة noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Bulgarian
3 entries- благоговение noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- страхопочитание noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- внушавам страхопочитание verb (to inspire fear and reverence)
Catalan
4 entries- astorament noun (feeling of amazement)
- esbalaïment noun (feeling of amazement)
- paüra noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- temor noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 敬畏 noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Czech
4 entries- hrůza noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- ohromení noun (feeling of amazement)
- strach noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- údiv noun (feeling of amazement)
Danish
2 entries- ærefrygt noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- ærefrygt noun (feeling of amazement)
Dutch
3 entries- ontzag noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- vrees noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- ontzag inboezemen verb (to inspire fear and reverence)
Esperanto
2 entries- admirego noun (feeling of amazement)
- miro noun (feeling of amazement)
Finnish
4 entries- hämmästys noun (feeling of amazement)
- kunnioittava pelko noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- pelko noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- pelonsekainen kunnioitus noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
French
3 entries- admiration noun (feeling of amazement)
- crainte noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- révérence noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
German
3 entries- Ehrfurcht noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- Staunen noun (feeling of amazement)
- einschüchtern verb (to control by inspiring dread)
Greek
4 entries- δέος noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- κατάπληξη noun (feeling of amazement)
- σέβας noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- εκφοβίζω verb (to control by inspiring dread)
Hungarian
4 entries- bámulat noun (feeling of amazement)
- csodálat noun (feeling of amazement)
- félelem noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- lenyűgözöttség noun (feeling of amazement)
Italian
1 entries- timore noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Latin
1 entries- formido noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Macedonian
1 entries- стравопо́чит noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ærefrykt noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Persian
2 entries- تعجب noun (feeling of amazement)
- نهازیدن verb (to inspire fear and reverence)
Polish
4 entries- groza noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- podziw noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- respekt noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- trwoga noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Portuguese
3 entries- admiração noun (feeling of amazement)
- espanto noun (feeling of amazement)
- temor noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Russian
4 entries- благогове́ние noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- изумле́ние noun (feeling of amazement)
- тре́пет noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- внуша́ть благогове́ние verb (to inspire fear and reverence)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- strahopoštovanje noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Slovak
4 entries- bázeň noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- úcta hraničiaca so strachom noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- úžas noun (feeling of amazement)
- budiť rešpekt verb (to inspire fear and reverence)
Spanish
4 entries- asombro noun (feeling of amazement)
- medrosía noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- pavor noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- temor noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Swedish
4 entries- bestörtning noun (feeling of amazement)
- bävan noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- extas noun (feeling of amazement)
- fruktan noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
Turkish
4 entries- huşu noun (feeling of fear and reverence)
- huşu noun (feeling of amazement)
- huşu uyandırmak verb (to inspire fear and reverence)
- huşulandırmak verb (to inspire fear and reverence)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Benjamin called the sense of awe and reverence experienced before a great work of art "aura".
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With deep and reverent awe I replaced the candelabrum in its former position.
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I am immediately in awe of you!
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