None doe you like, but an effeminate Prince, Whom like a Schoole-boy you may ouer-awe.
Source: wiktionary
Overawe
//əʊvəˈɹɔː//
Synonyms for "overawe" (66 found)
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Related words (33)
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Translations
4 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- всявам страх verb (to restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow)
- сплашвам verb (to restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow)
Finnish
1 entries- pelotella verb (to restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow)
Russian
1 entries- внушать благоговейный страх verb (to restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
His free and easy carriage evinced, that though acknowledging my assumptions, he was no way overawed by them; treating me as familiarly, indeed, as if I were a mere mortal, one of the abject generation of mushrooms.
Source: wiktionary
He kept the biggest estates, and where he lacked troops to overawe the natives he evicted the natives and made a game reserve.
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