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1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe. Cowper. 2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and

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1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. His frown was full of terror, and his voice Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe. Cowper. 2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence. There is an awe in mortals' joy, A deep mysterious fear. Keble. To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe. Macaulay. The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power. C. J. Smith. To stand in awe of, to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly. Syn. -- See Reverence.

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  • WORSHIPFUL
    Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically. "This is worshipful society." Shak. so dear and worshipful. Chaucer. -- Wor"ship*ful*ly, adv.
  • DISREGARDFULLY
    Negligently; heedlessly.
  • ASSURER
    1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
  • HONORABLE
    1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
  • WONDERSTRUCK
    Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. Dryden.
  • DREADNOUGHT
    1. A British battleship, completed in 1906 -- 1907, having an armament consisting of ten 12-inch guns, and of twenty-four 12-pound quick-fire guns for protection against torpedo boats. This was the first battleship of the type characterized by
  • APPREHENSION
    1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped. 3. The act of grasping with the
  • FRIGHTFUL
    1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
  • ENCOURAGER
    One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
  • DREAD
    1. Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful. A dread eternity! how surely mine. Young. 2. Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal.
  • TERRORLESS
    Free from terror. Poe.
  • WONDER
    Etym: 1. To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed; to marvel. I could not sufficiently wonder at the intrepidity of these diminutive mortals. Swift. We cease to wonder at what we understand. Johnson.
  • WORSHIPABLE
    Capable of being worshiped; worthy of worship. Carlyle.
  • DEVOTIONALLY
    In a devotional manner; toward devotion.
  • MISGIVING
    Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. "Suspicious and misgivings." South.
  • SHRINKINGLY
    In a shrinking manner.
  • HONORABLENESS
    1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
  • RESPECT
    An expression of respect of deference; regards; as, to send one's respects to another. 4. Reputation; repute. Many of the best respect in Rome. Shak. 5. Relation; reference; regard. They believed but one Supreme Deity, which, with respect to the
  • ALARM
    1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in
  • SOLICITUDE
    The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude.
  • DISRESPECTABILITY
    Want of respectability. Thackeray.
  • SUTURALLY
    In a sutural manner.
  • CENTRALLY
    In a central manner or situation.
  • UNASSURED
    1. Not assured; not bold or confident. 2. Not to be trusted. Spenser. 3. Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods.
  • MISWORSHIP
    Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. Bp. Hall. Such hideous jungle of misworships. Carlyle.
  • PASTORALLY
    1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.

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