(~s, ~d)
1.
Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with something wonderful and often rather frightening.
She gazed in ~ at the great stones...
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you are ~d by someone or something, they make you feel respectful and amazed, though often rather frightened.
I am still ~d by David’s courage...
The crowd listened in ~d silence.
VERB: usu passive, no cont, be V-ed, V-ed
3.
If you are in ~ of someone or if you stand in ~ of them, you have a lot of respect for them and are slightly afraid of them.
PHRASE: V inflects