Wonder, admiration; amazement, astonishment. Now rare.

This emotion viewed with regard to an object; the state of fearing (something). A mingled feeling of dread and reverence towards God (formerly…

The state or quality of being filled with awe; profound reverence or dread.

A feeling of awe or reverent fear (without any suggestion of repugnance); a thrill of awe, or of imaginative fear. Obsolete.

Awe, dread. Obsolete. rare.

Originally: a feeling of fear or dread, mixed with profound reverence, typically as inspired by God or the divine. Subsequently: a feeling of…