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Bewilderment and Awe Definitions

Bewilderment

The condition of being confused or disoriented.

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).

Bewilderment

A situation of perplexity or confusion; a tangle
A bewilderment of lies and half-truths.

Awe

The power to inspire dread.

Bewilderment

The state of being bewildered.
She looked around in bewilderment.
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Awe

Dread.

Bewilderment

A confusing or perplexing situation.

Awe

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

Bewilderment

The state of being bewildered.

Awe

A feeling of fear and reverence.
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Bewilderment

A bewildering tangle or confusion.
He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush.

Awe

A feeling of amazement.

Bewilderment

Confusion resulting from failure to understand

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.

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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