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OVERAWE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they overawe ... he / she / it overawes
Past simple: overawed
Past participle: overawed
-ing form: overawing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
Synonyms:
cow; overawe
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "overawe" is one way to...):
awe (inspire awe in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "overawe"):
buffalo (intimidate or overawe)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
Sam cannot overawe Sue
The performance is likely to overawe Sue
