overawe
Syllables: over·awe/əʊvəˈɹɔː/US/oʊvɚˈɔ/
overawe verb: to restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow.
Verb
overawe (third-person singular simple present overawes, present participle overawing, simple past and past participle overawed)
- To restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow.
- None doe you like, but an effeminate Prince, Whom like a Schoole-boy you may ouer-awe.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- His free and easy carriage evinced, that though acknowledging my assumptions, he was no way overawed by them; treating me as familiarly, indeed, as if I were a mere mortal, one of the abject generation of mushrooms.1849, Herman Melville, “ch. 57”, in Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, volume I
overawe meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
overawe in Tamil
- to overawe
- அசர்த்து acarttu
overawe in Malayalam
- daunt, intimidate, cow
- ഭയപ്പെടുത്തുക, നടുക്കുക, പേടിപ്പിക്കുക, ആകുലപ്പെടുത്തുക, മിരട്ടുക, ഭ്രമിപ്പിക്കുക
overawe in Kannada
- ಭಯದಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿರು, ಭಯಪಡಿಸು, ಭೀತಿ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಸು, ಬೆದರಿಕೆಯುಂಟುಮಾಡು, ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯಪಡಿಸು, ಬೆಚ್ಚಿಸು
Antonyms of overawe
Forms of overawe
| third-person singular present | overawes |
|---|---|
| present participle | overawing |
| past participle | overawed |
| past | overawed |
| alternative form | over-awe |
Origin of overawe
From over- + awe.
Words formed from overawe
Words that rhyme with overawe
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Questions about overawe
- What does overawe mean?
- Overawe means to restrain, subdue, or control by awe; to cow.
- What is overawe in Tamil?
- Overawe in Tamil is அசர்த்து (acarttu). See Overawe meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is overawe?
- Overawe is a verb.
- How do you pronounce overawe?
- Overawe is pronounced /əʊvəˈɹɔː/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of overawe?
- The past tense of overawe is overawed.
Words near overawe in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: overawe (page history and authors); அசர்த்து (Tamil) (page history and authors); overawe (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); overawe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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