Definition of "awe" []

• A mixed emotion of reverence, respect, dread, and wonder inspired by authority, genius, great beauty, sublimity, or might: We felt awe when contemplating the works of Bach. The observers were in awe of the destructive power of the new weapon. (noun)
• Archaic The power to inspire dread. (noun)
• Archaic Dread. (noun)
• To inspire with awe. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "For many decisions about what to eat are not based on a personal sense of awe do plants or animals care if we are “in awe” of them anyway?"
• "The one that just has me in awe, is the Sugared Walnut ..."
• "Today the word awe gets thrown around like a dishrag."