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awed
adjective
Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
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ɔːd
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adjective
Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
“Awed by the silence”
adjective
Having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect and wonder and dread
“Stood in awed silence before the shrine”
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Awed by the silence
Awful worshippers with bowed heads
Stood in awed silence before the shrine
In grim despair and awestruck wonder
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