awed

adjective

ˈȯd 

: showing awe

awed respect

Synonyms of awed

• amazed
• astonished
• wondering
• surprised

Examples of awed in a Sentence

gave the nationally known golfer an awed look

Recent Examples on the Web

But credit Neill for both understanding the assignment and not quite settling for those awed stares of Spielbergian wonder. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Williams and Mboko were solid, and at times spectacular, during a 7-6(2), 6-2 win over Routliffe and Melichar-Martinez, who seemed a little over-awed by the situation in front of them. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Simmons, who would miss the induction ceremony due to an undisclosed family emergency (the band’s representative affirmed all is well), was also equal parts honored and awed. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 19 June 2026

Given the dramatic manner in which the hulking piers marched down the center of the institution’s narrow corridor, flanked by the photographer’s three-inch-square Polaroids, hung as if in awed supplication, the effect verged on hyperbole, the gnomic ceding to the grandiose. — James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1591, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for awed

• abroad
• applaud
• backboard
• ballade
• defraud
• ephod
• facade
• guffawed
• outlawed
• ramrod
• roughshod
• slipshod