Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to awe
Participle: awed
Gerund: awing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | awe |
| you | awe |
| he;she;it | awes |
| we | awe |
| you | awe |
| they | awe |
Perfect
| I | have awed |
| you | have awed |
| he;she;it | has awed |
| we | have awed |
| you | have awed |
| they | have awed |
Past
| I | awed |
| you | awed |
| he;she;it | awed |
| we | awed |
| you | awed |
| they | awed |
Pluperfect
| I | had awed |
| you | had awed |
| he;she;it | had awed |
| we | had awed |
| you | had awed |
| they | had awed |
Future
| I | will awe |
| you | will awe |
| he;she;it | will awe |
| we | will awe |
| you | will awe |
| they | will awe |
Future Perfect
| I | will have awed |
| you | will have awed |
| he;she;it | will have awed |
| we | will have awed |
| you | will have awed |
| they | will have awed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | awe |
| you | awe |
| he;she;it | awe |
| we | awe |
| you | awe |
| they | awe |
Perfect
| I | have awed |
| you | have awed |
| he;she;it | have awed |
| we | have awed |
| you | have awed |
| they | have awed |
Imperfect
| I | awed |
| you | awed |
| he;she;it | awed |
| we | awed |
| you | awed |
| they | awed |
Pluperfect
| I | had awed |
| you | had awed |
| he;she;it | had awed |
| we | had awed |
| you | had awed |
| they | had awed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would awe |
| you | would awe |
| he;she;it | would awe |
| we | would awe |
| you | would awe |
| they | would awe |
Perfect
| I | would have awed |
| you | would have awed |
| he;she;it | would have awed |
| we | would have awed |
| you | would have awed |
| they | would have awed |
Imperative
| you | awe |
| we | Let's awe |
| you | awe |
Verbs conjugated like 'awe'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'awe'
ace,
age,
ape,
aww,
axe,
lawe,
owe,
aah,
ab,
abet,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- inspire reverence
- overwhelm
- hold spellbound
- enthral, transfix
- daunt
- astonish, stupefy, shock, overwhelm, intimidate, amaze, dazzle, impress
Antonyms
- daunt
- embolden, inspirit, encourage, countenance
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1200, from O.N.
agi "fright," from P.Gmc.
*agiz- (cf. O.E.
ege "fear," O.H.G.
agiso "fright, terror," Goth.
agis "fear, anguish"), from PIE
*agh-es-, from base
*agh- "to be depressed, be afraid" (cf. Gk.
akhos "pain, grief"). Current sense of "dread mixed with veneration" is due to biblical use with ref. to the Supreme Being. The verb is first attested 1303.
Awestruck is from 1634.
Awesome first recorded 1598; colloquial sense of "excellent" is from 1980.
2. From Middle English aw, awe, agh, awȝe, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, dread”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- (“to be upset, afraid”). Displaced native Middle English eye, eyȝe, ayȝe, eȝȝe, from Old English ege, æge (“fear, terror, dread”), from the same Proto-Germanic root.
Verbs referencing "awe"
German, old spelling
zagen.
Sample Sentences
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That large room had always awed Ivor: even as a child he had never wanted to play in it, for all that it was so limitless, the parquet floor so vast and shiny and unencumbered, the windows so wide and light with the fairy expanse of Kensington Gardens. [1922, Michael Arlen, “1/1/3”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:]
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While a sense of outrage is the only rational response to atrocity, if that outrage is maintained at too high a level over too long a time it can generate feelings of impotence, as we permit ourselves to be awed by this irrational act of violence. [1982 August 21, Bob Nelson, “Harnessing Our Anger”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 6, page 5:]