What does awed mean?we found 3 entries for the meaning of awed
 

Awe \Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Awing.]

To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread. [1913 Webster]

That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

awed adj
1: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence; "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads" [syn: awful]
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" [syn: awestruck, awestricken, in awe of] [ant: unawed]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Awe \Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Awed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Awing.]

To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.

That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak.

His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders. --Macaulay.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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