Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overawe
1 sense of overawe
Sense 1
overawe, cow -- (subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats))
=> awe -- (inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates")
Antonyms of adj overawed
1 sense of overawed
Sense 1
overawed -- (overcome by a feeling of awe)
INDIRECT (VIA awed) -> unawed -- (not awed)
Similarity of adj overawed
1 sense of overawed
Sense 1
overawed -- (overcome by a feeling of awe)
=> awed (vs. unawed), awestruck, awestricken -- (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")