overawed

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adjective

Impressed or convinced by someone to an unreasonable degree, sometimes with an implication of gullibility.

“One of the most depressing things about you, the people, says Daniel Hannan, is the way you're so overawed by experts. - Best articles: Britain: Our naive faith in non-political experts,The Week, 14 July 2007, 622, 14.”

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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of overawe
adjectiveoverawed (comparative more overawed, superlative most overawed)

comparative more overawed · superlative most overawed

  1. Impressed or convinced by someone to an unreasonable degree, sometimes with an implication of gullibility.

    One of the most depressing things about you, the people, says Daniel Hannan, is the way you're so overawed by experts. - Best articles: Britain: Our naive faith in non-political experts,The Week, 14 July 2007, 622, 14.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveovercome by a feeling of awe

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

“overawed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overawed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overawed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overawed.

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