1. awe - Noun
2. awe - Verb
3. Awe - Proper noun
Dread; great fear mingled with respect.
The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTwo things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me. Immanuel Kant
If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church. Charles Simic
Doubtless a great anguish may do the work of years, and we may come out from that baptism of fire with a soul full of new awe and new pity. George Eliot
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. John Milton
Don't be foolish and awe struck, because foolishness is telling but cursing doesn't hit home. Sicilian Proverb
It's a far cry to loch awe. Scottish Proverb