Bewilderment vs. Awe
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.
Awe
Dread.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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
