Synonyms for awed
awed

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1. awedadjective

   Filled with awe.

   Synonyms:
   awestricken, thunderstruck, awestruck

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1. awed, awfuladjective

   inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence

   "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads"

   Synonyms:
   frightful, dread(a), fearsome, frightening, terrible, amazing, horrific, dreaded, fearful, nasty, abominable, unspeakable, horrendous, awful, awestricken, awe-inspiring, atrocious, tremendous, awing, dreadful, direful, awestruck, awesome, dire, painful

   Antonyms:
   unawed, irreverent, aweless, awless

2. awed, awestruck, awestrickenadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   awestricken, awful, awestruck

   Antonyms:
   aweless, unawed, awless, irreverent

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How to use awed in a sentence?

1. Princess Ayako:

   I am awed by how blessed I am.

2. Kei Moriya:

   I would like to support her firmly and, hand in hand, build a happy family with lots of laughter, i am awed by how blessed I am.

3. Steven Runciman:

   Faced by the mountainous heap of the minutiae of knowledge and awed by the watchful severity of his colleagues, the modern historian too often takes refuge in learned articles or narrowly specialized dissertations, small fortresses that are easy to defend from attack.

4. Maria Estela Dorion:

   I was awed by everything, the snow-covered mountains, the sunsets, the sunrises. There are no words to describe Antarctica.

5. Ellen Goodman:

   I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.