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Awe vs. Bewildered

Awe and Bewildered Definitions

Awe

A feeling of respect or reverence mixed with dread and wonder, often inspired by something majestic or powerful
"There was a fierce purpose in the gale ... that seemed directed at him, and made him hold his breath in awe" (Joseph Conrad).

Bewildered

To confuse or befuddle, especially by being complicated or varied.

Awe

The power to inspire dread.

Bewildered

To cause to lose one's bearings; disorient
"The whirling snow bewildered him" (May Kellogg Sullivan).

Awe

Dread.

Bewildered

Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.
He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.
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Awe

To fill with awe
Tourists who are awed by the ancient monument.

Bewildered

Simple past tense and past participle of bewilder

Awe

A feeling of fear and reverence.

Bewildered

Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.

Awe

A feeling of amazement.

Bewildered

Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment;
Obviously bemused by his questions
Bewildered and confused
A cloudy and confounded philosopher
Just a mixed-up kid
She felt lost on the first day of school
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Awe

(archaic) Power to inspire awe.

Awe

(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.

Awe

(transitive) To control by inspiring dread.

Awe

Dread; great fear mingled with respect.
His frown was full of terror, and his voiceShook the delinquent with such fits of awe.

Awe

The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
There is an awe in mortals' joy,A deep mysterious fear.
To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe.
The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe - the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power.

Awe

To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
That same eye whose bend doth awe the world.
His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders.
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Awe

An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration;
He stared over the edge with a feeling of awe

Awe

A profound emotion inspired by a deity;
The fear of God

Awe

Inspire awe in;
The famous professor awed the undergraduates

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