Antonyms for overawe


Grammar : Verb
Spell : oh-ver-aw
Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈɔ


Definition of overawe

Origin :
  • 1570s, from over- + awe (v.). Perhaps coined by Spenser. Related: Overawed; overawing.
  • As in impress : verb influence
  • As in intimidate : verb frighten, threaten
  • As in awe : verb amaze
  • As in silence : verb make or be quiet
  • As in browbeat : verb castigate, nag
  • As in quieten : verb silence
  • As in shush : verb silence
  • As in cow : verb browbeat, intimidate
  • As in daunt : verb frighten, alarm
  • As in dazzle : verb confuse, amaze
  • As in discourage : verb dishearten, dispirit
Example sentences :
  • He spoke in a jerky voice, as if he thought to overawe the boy.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • "To your work," he cried, bravely, thinking yet that he might overawe them.
  • Extract from : « Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser » by Walter Fenton Mott
  • And had he begun to build his castles to stun and overawe the rabbles that pass his door?
  • Extract from : « The Root of Evil » by Thomas Dixon
  • Not a single soldier is to be found in our domain to overawe or protect society.
  • Extract from : « Robert Toombs » by Pleasant A. Stovall
  • He may, indeed, build barrack after barrack to overawe them.
  • Extract from : « The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
  • He wanted to overawe Dick; but somehow Dick wouldn't be overawed.
  • Extract from : « Fame and Fortune » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
  • Alva built a —— in the heart of Antwerp to overawe the city.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • It is a crime to be above the vulgar, and yet not overawe the vulgar.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 356, June, 1845 » by Various
  • But you've brought in a bunch of toughs and gunmen to overawe us and do your dirty work.
  • Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm
  • Also they have brought in a number of hard citizens—what are known as 'gunmen'—to overawe us.
  • Extract from : « Desert Conquest » by A. M. Chisholm

Synonyms for overawe

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