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Definition: Overawe |
OveraweVerb1. Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "overawe" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1592. (references) |
Note: Overawe \O`ver*awe"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Overawed; present participle verb or noun Overawing.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: OveraweSynonym: cow (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Authority | Have the upper hand, get the upper hand, have the whip, get the whip; gain a hold upon, preponderate, dominate, rule the roost; boss; override, overrule, overawe; lord it over, hold in hand, keep under, make a puppet of, lead by the nose, turn round one's little finger, bend to one's will, hold one's own, wear the breeches; have the ball at one's feet, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's own hand, have on the hip, have under one's thumb; be master of the situation; take the lead, play first fiddle, set the fashion; give the law to; carry with a high hand; lay down the law; "ride in the whirlwind and direct the storm"; rule with a rod of iron; (severity). |
Fear | Put in fear, put in bodily fear; terrorize, intimidate, cow, daunt, overawe, abash, deter, discourage; browbeat, bully; threaten. |
Respect | Command respect, inspire respect; awe, inspire awe, impose, overawe, dazzle. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Overawe |
| English words defined with "overawe": buffalo ♦ Overawing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "overawe": Coxeyites. (references) |
| "Overawe" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Overawe" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cow cow moo overawe | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "overawe"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أثر في (affect, impact, influence, inspire, involve, manipulate, prepossess, react, touch), أرهب (alarm, browbeat, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, daunt, dread, horrify, shoot up, terrify, terrorize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zastrašit (browbeat, cow, daunt, discourage, intimidate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | خیلی وحشت زده کردن , بیش ازحدترساندن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | intimider, impressionner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | einschüchtern (alarm, browbeat, daunt, frighten, hector, intimidate, soften up, terrorize, to browbeat, to daunt, to frighten, to intimidate, to overawe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατατρομάζω (dismay), πτοώ (abash, cow, daunt, startle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"טיל אימ" (frighten, intimidate, terrorize). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megfélemlít (awe, -beat, -beaten, browbeat, bulldoze, daunt, Hector, intimidate, outface, to awe, to browbeat, to buffalo, to bully, to concuss, to cow, to daunt, to hector, to intimidate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | intimidire (be intimidate, become shy, cow, daunt, hector, intimidate, make shy, threaten). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | overaweay inspirar temor, formar arco por cima de, aterrar (bank, cover, embank, frighten, ground, grounding, land, reclaim, scare, terrify, terrorize). (various references) preplašiti (frighten). (various references) intimidar poco, imponer temor a, imponer respeto a. (various references) skrämma (alarm, appal, appall, browbeat, bulldoze, cow, daunt, fright, frighten, horrify, intimidate, scare, spook, startle, terrify), imponera på (impress). (various references) ขู่ (cow). (various references) sindirmek (assimilate, cow, damp, digest, Hector, soften, stand for, stomach), korkutmak (administer a shock, affright, alarm, appal, appall, awe, bulldoze, cow, daunt, dismay, fright, frighten, funk, horrify, intimidate, scare, startle, terrorize, threaten), korku ile boyun eğdirmek. (various references) вселяти благоговійний страх. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "overawe": overawed, overawes. (additional references) | |
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"Overawe" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Oleracea, overa, overace. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-o-r-v-w" | |
-1 letter: avower, reavow, rewove, weaver. | |
-2 letters: reave, vower, waver, weave. | |
-3 letters: aero, arvo, aver, avow, awee, eave, ever, ewer, over, rave, rove, veer, vera, vrow, ware, wave, wear, weer, were, wore, wove. | |
-4 letters: are, ave, avo, awe, ear, era, ere, eve, ewe, oar, ora, ore, ova, owe, raw, ree, rev, roe, row, var, vaw, vee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-o-r-v-w" | |
+1 letter: ovenware, overawed, overawes, overweak, overwear, reavowed. | |
+2 letters: ovenwares, overwater, overwears, overweary. | |
+3 letters: everywoman, overwarmed, overwaters, whatsoever. | |
+4 letters: overwatered, overwearing. | |
+5 letters: overshadowed, overwatering, servicewoman. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 65 72 61 77 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ...- . .-. .- .--. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01100001 01110111 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r a w e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 0061 0077 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)49887184678971 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabský, arabština, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, francouzský, francouzština, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, francês, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, nìmec, nìmecký, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, alemão, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, grego, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, italský, italština, ital, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, portugalský, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | اللغة السويدية, švédský, švédština, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, turecký, tureètina, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, اهل اوکرانی درکشورشوروی , ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, anglicky, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, inglês, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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