2. Expressive of awe or terror.

An awesome glance up at the auld castle.

Sir W. Scott.

Awe"some*ness, n. The quality of being awesome.

Awe"-strick`en (&?;), a. Awe- struck.

Awe"-struck` (&?;), a. Struck with awe. Milton.

Aw"ful (&?;), a. 1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. "The hour of Nature's awful throes." Hemans.

2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.

Heaven's awful Monarch.

Milton.

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