overawing
present participle ofoverawe
overawe
verb[Tusually passive]
uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔː/us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑː/tocausesomeone tofeelamixtureofrespectandfear:
Some of theplayersweretotallyoverawed byplayingtheirfirstgameat thenationalstadium.
Frightening and scaring
- chill
- chillsomeoneto the bone/marrowidiom
- cow
- creep
- curdle
- daylight
- dreadful
- flesh
- jump scare
- makesomeone'sblood curdleidiom
- makesomeone'sblood run coldidiom
- makesomeone'shair stand on endidiom
- makeyourflesh crawl/creepidiom
- scare
- scaremongering
- send
- send chills down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
- send shivers down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
- send shudders/a shudder downyourspineidiom
- wit
Examplesofoverawing
overawing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Preferences went the other way foroverawing, backed by 66%, and we may well conclude that its different treatment goes with having more than one syllable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They will not therefore have to have consultations with peopleoverawingthem, and they will now be able to make their statements in freedom to their own solicitor.
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He was quite aware that he could be a physically intimidating man, and was unafraid of using his size and power to his advantage inoverawingbatsmen psychologically.
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- weigh-sth-out
- weigh sth up
- weigh-sth-up
- weight
- weightage
- weight-bearing
- weight-bearing
- weight control
- weight control
- weighted
- weighted average
- weighted-average
- weighted blanket
- weighted-blanket
- weighted combination
- weighted graph
- weighted-graph
- weighted index
- weighted-index
- weighted mean
- weighted-mean
- weighted regression
- weighted sum
- weight function
- weight-function