awing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb inspire awe in
   awe.
   
   • The famous professor awed the undergraduates
2. adjective satellite inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
   awful; amazing; awe-inspiring; awesome.
   
   • New York is an amazing city
   • the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight
   • the awesome complexity of the universe
   • this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville
   • Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent

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