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(n)
Veneration; profound awe and respect, normally in a sacred context.
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Profound reverence, respect or awe.
(informal) An utterance of "wow".
The state of extreme shock or astonishment.
(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
A state, arousal, or thing describable by wonder, strange, awe, surprise, marvel, or astonishment.
An angry or fierce stare.
A city and town in Kansas.
That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
The state or condition of being overwhelmed.
inspiration
A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
(v)
(transitive, informal) To decorate with sequins or other sparkly material; to bespangle.
A light of dazzling brilliancy.
Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
(uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard
(uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
(strictly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.
(uncountable) The condition of being amazed; a state of overwhelming wonder, as from surprise or sudden fear, horror, or admiration; astonishment.
The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
(intransitive) To become filled with wonderment or admiration; to be amazed at something.
(transitive) To fear greatly.
(countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
(uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.
One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
To set a high value on; to regard with respect or reverence.
A sudden, heavy impact.
The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
The act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.
(figurative) A feeling or sensation of fear or horror.
(archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
Obsolete spelling of fear. [(uncountable) A strong, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.]
(archaic) Amazement; terror; fright; fear.
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
wrath
A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
Shock or depression occasioned by terror or disgust; dismay; the state of being appalled.
(obsolete) A foreboding.
(obsolete) Astonishment; awe; fear.
(sometimes proscribed) Zero.
(uncountable, pulmonology, archaic) Breathing difficulty, shortness of breath.
(adj)
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, and often opposed to, real or actual).
(obsolete) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
Obsolete form of astonishment. [The feeling or experience of being astonished; great surprise.]
A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety.
(obsolete) A foreboding; an omen.
The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
terror, something frightening
(obsolete) One who is respected or distinguished.
(rare) Behavior.
Obsolete form of terror. [(countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.]
(archaic) bewilderment.
(countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
(law) The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
(obsolete) wariness; cautiousness
(obsolete, rare) A cry of despair.
anguish
Obsolete form of obeisance . [Demonstration of an obedient attitude, especially by bowing deeply; a deep bow which demonstrates such an attitude.]
That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
(law, obsolete) One who affeers.
(transitive, formal) To wait for.
(archaic) Something that is wafted, such as a smell or sound.
prostration as an expression of reverence in a church
(countable, uncountable) A state of being jealous; a jealous attitude.
An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.
(obsolete) An avoidance.
(rare) Bitterness, sorrow.
(archaic) One who frightens.
(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
veneration
Obsolete form of regard. [(countable) A steady look, a gaze.]
(transitive, now rare, dialectal) To put up with; to endure; to bear.
A solemn oath.
(dated) A female warden.
An obedient attitude.
Obsolete spelling of ghastness. [(archaic) Amazement; terror; fright; fear.]
Astonishment; amazement.
(obsolete) admiration
Obsolete spelling of wrath. [(uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.]
(obsolete) habituation
Alternative form of foreboding. [A sense of evil to come.]
Obsolete form of horror. [(countable, uncountable) An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance.]
The state of being curved or bent; any curved shape or formation; curvature; a curve; a bend.
(obsolete) A vision of a prophetic or admonitory nature.
(archaic) The act of bewailing.
(by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
(obsolete, rare) wrongness (awkwardness, sinfulness, or ineptitude).
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(archaic) allurement
(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
A sense of evil to come.
Alternative form of aversive. [Tending to repel; causing avoidance.]
(obsolete) The act of adoring; adoration.
Alternative form of onde. [(obsolete) envy; hatred; malice]