awed

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adjective

ˈȯd 

: showing awe

awed respect

awed

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past tense and past participle of awe entry 2

Synonyms of awed

Adjective

• amazed
• astonished
• wondering
• surprised

Examples of awed in a Sentence

Adjective

gave the nationally known golfer an awed look

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

This audience listened in awed silence, and by the end of the song, everyone around us was crying as well, before jolting upward in a spontaneous standing ovation — one of three. — James Gunn, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2026

Maxwell, a fiction editor at The New Yorker, drew upon his own awed discovery of France in 1948; the novel’s opening paragraphs show one of the protagonists weeping at the sight of the French shore. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

But credit Neill for both understanding the assignment and not quite settling for those awed stares of Spielbergian wonder. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Williams and Mboko were solid, and at times spectacular, during a 7-6(2), 6-2 win over Routliffe and Melichar-Martinez, who seemed a little over-awed by the situation in front of them. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1591, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for awed

• abroad
• applaud
• backboard
• ballade
• defraud
• ephod
• facade
• guffawed
• outlawed
• ramrod
• roughshod
• slipshod