awe

Meanings

Noun

• A feeling of fear and reverence.
• A feeling of amazement.
• Power to inspire awe.

Verb

• To inspire fear and reverence in.
• To control by inspiring dread.

Related

Similar words

• enthral, enthrall; overwhelm

Origin

• From Middle English aw, awe, agh, awȝe, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰ- ("to be upset, afraid"). Displaced native Middle English eye, eyȝe, ayȝe, eȝȝe, from Old English ege, æge, from the same Proto-Germanic root.