different between awe vs affright
awe
English
Etymology
From Middle English aw, awe, agh, aw?e, borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz (“terror, dread”). Displaced native Middle English eye, ey?e, ay?e, e??e, from Old English ege, æge (“fear, terror, dread”), from the same Proto-Germanic root.
Pronunciation
- In non-rhotic accents:
- enPR: ô, IPA(key): /??/
- Homophones: oar, or, ore, o'er
- In rhotic accents:
- (US) enPR: ô, IPA(key): /?/
- Homophone: aw
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: ä, IPA(key): /?/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
awe (usually uncountable, plural awes)
- A feeling of fear and reverence.
- A feeling of amazement.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- For several minutes no one spoke; I think they must each have been as overcome by awe as was I. All about us was a flora and fauna as strange and wonderful to us as might have been those upon a distant planet had we suddenly been miraculously transported through ether to an unknown world.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV
- (archaic) Power to inspire awe.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
awe (third-person singular simple present awes, present participle awing or aweing, simple past and past participle awed)
- (transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
- (transitive) To control by inspiring dread.
Synonyms
- (inspire reverence): enthral, enthrall; overwhelm
Derived terms
- awed
Translations
Anagrams
- AEW, EAW, WAE, WEA, eaw, wae
Mapudungun
Adverb
awe (using Raguileo Alphabet)
- quickly, promptly.
- soon
Synonyms
- arol
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English ?owu.
Noun
awe
- Alternative form of ewe
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Norse agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ég?os. Doublet of eye.
Alternative forms
- aw, ahe, au, aue, aghe, age, a?e
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /?a???/
- IPA(key): /?au?(?)/
- Rhymes: -au?(?)
Noun
awe (uncountable)
- awe, wonder, reverence
- fear, horror
- that which elicits or incites horror; something horrifying
Related terms
- agheful
- aghlich (rare)
- awles (rare)
- awen (rare)
Descendants
- English: awe
- Scots: awe, aw
References
- “aue, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.
Etymology 3
From Old English onwe?, awe?.
Adverb
awe
- Alternative form of away
Papiamentu
Alternative forms
- awé (alternative spelling)
Etymology
From Portuguese hoje and Spanish hoy and Kabuverdianu ochi.
Pronoun
awe
- today
Swahili
Verb
awe
- inflection of -wa:
- third-person singular subjunctive affirmative
- m-wa class subject inflected singular subjunctive affirmative
Western Arrernte
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aw?/
Interjection
awe
- yes
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affright
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f?a?t/
Etymology 1
From Middle English afrighten, from Old English ?fyrhtan, equivalent to a- +? fright.
Noun
affright (plural affrights)
- (archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 563:
- […] Then behold, there came up to us a huge fish, as big as a tall mountain, at whose sight we became wild for affright and, weeping sore, made ready for death, marvelling at its vast size and gruesome semblance; when lo! a second fish made its appearance than which we had seen naught more monstrous.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 563:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:fear
Verb
affright (third-person singular simple present affrights, present participle affrighting, simple past and past participle affrighted)
- (archaic, transitive) To terrify, to frighten, to inspire fright in.
- 1629, John Milton, On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
- A drear and dying sound / Affrights the flamens at their service quaint.
- 1629, John Milton, On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:frighten
Etymology 2
From Middle English afright, from Old English ?fyrht (“terrified; afraid”), past participle of ?fyrhtan (“to terrify; make afraid”).
Alternative forms
- afright
Adjective
affright (comparative more affright, superlative most affright)
- afraid; terrified; frightened
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