WordNet
adj. 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: awed, awestruck, awestricken] [ant: unawed]
Usage examples of "in awe of".
She was neither repulsed by his misshapen body and ugly scars nor in awe of his power and position.
The natives were already talking in awe of how few died here, particularly children.
Shall not we, you and I, weave such a tale of our adventures that the whole world will be in awe of us?
The dwarves were still in awe of their leader, who had, for a brief time, given them dignity and hope.
Tale Splintersteel, meanwhile, cocked a cautious eye upward from the floor, though he still trembled in awe of the monstrous serpent.
But when she went into the chamber, she saw that the women were all in awe of her, and a priest had come, too, from the village.
More in awe of the barbarian magician than before, since she had not noticed his molding of her thoughts, Mara clenched her hands together.
More in awe of the barbarianmagician than before, since she had not noticed his moldingof her thoughts, Mara clenched her hands together.
All the arrested members of the gang are obviously very much in awe of the man.
I am in awe of you and of what you have learnt in only these few days and nights.