overawe

Verb

Meaning

To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

cow faze influence move daunt affect touch overcome impressed blind alarm cows discourage inspire deter
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Antonyms

cause help drive aid bring build
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Hypernyms

awe

Hyponyms

buffalo

Derivatives

overawed overawing

Examples

The method of rule of the tyrant and the oligarch is quite simply to clobber, coerce, or overawe all or most other groups in the interest of their own. Bernard Crick

Close letter words and terms

overattribution overauthor overavaricious overawed overawer overawful