awed

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

awed
    adj 1: inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence;
           "awed by the silence"; "awful worshippers with bowed
           heads" [syn: {awed}, {awful}]
    2: having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and respect
       and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence before the
       shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck wonder" [syn: {awed},
       {awestruck}, {awestricken}] [ant: {unawed}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Awe \Awe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Awed} (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Awing}.]
   To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to
   control by inspiring dread.
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         That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. --Shak.
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         His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the
         bystanders.                              --Macaulay.
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