Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

awebound

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: awe-bound
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Feeling paralyzed, restrained, or deeply held in check by a profound sense of awe, reverence, or dread.

Dated

Example Sentences

"A new situation is therefore being created. The Central Europe States stood awebound and asked: [...] What was to be done?"
"The same writer attributes the legend as to the richness of the llanos to the pleasing effect they produce upon the traveller, wearied with the hardships of mountain travel, when they first meet his awebound gaze. The striking impression conveyed is depicted by Professor Rothlisberger, in a well-known passage [...]"
"And witness how we, while Gautier sits awebound on the stairs, walk right in and are not afraid of anything."

Etymology

awe + bound.

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

more awebound (comparative) most awebound (superlative) awe-bound (alternative)

Synonyms

awestricken

Questions

What does awebound mean?: Feeling paralyzed, restrained, or deeply held in check by a profound sense of awe, reverence, or dread.
Where does awebound come from?: awe + bound.

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