awed meaning and definition

AWED adjective

Definition of awed (adjective)

1. inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence
   • "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed heads"
   • synonyms: awful
2. 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, awestruck
   • antonym: unawed