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awebound

awebound adjective: feeling paralyzed, restrained, or deeply held in check by a profound sense of awe, reverence, or dread.

Adjective

awebound (comparative more awebound, superlative most awebound)

  1. (dated, rare) Feeling paralyzed, restrained, or deeply held in check by a profound sense of awe, reverence, or dread.
    • A new situation is therefore being created. The Central Europe States stood awebound and asked: [...] What was to be done?1912 November 3, New York Times, “Austria's Bold Move.”, in The New York Times 1912-11-03: Vol 62 Iss 20007
    • The same writer attributes the legend as to the richness of the llanos to the pleasing effect they produce upon the traveller, wearied with the hardships of mountain travel, when they first meet his awebound gaze. The striking impression conveyed is depicted by Professor Rothlisberger, in a...1913, Eder, Phanor James, “The Llanos and the Selvas”, in Colombia, page 233
    Synonyms:
    awestricken

Synonyms of awebound

Forms of awebound

comparativemore awebound
superlativemost awebound
alternative formawe-bound

Origin of awebound

awe + bound.

Questions about awebound

What does awebound mean?
Awebound means feeling paralyzed, restrained, or deeply held in check by a profound sense of awe, reverence, or dread.
What part of speech is awebound?
Awebound is an adjective.

Words near awebound in the dictionary

  1. awearied
  2. aweary
  3. aweather
  4. awebo
  5. awebos
  6. awebound
  7. awed
  8. awedness
  9. aweel
  10. Aweer
  11. awefuckingsome

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