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overawed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
over-awed
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of overawe

adj

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

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more overawed (comparative) most overawed (superlative)

Derived Forms

unoverawed

Questions

What does overawed mean?
simple past and past participle of overawe

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