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overawe verb [ əʊvərˈɔː ]

• impress (someone) so much that they are silent or inhibited.
• "the eleven-year-old was overawed by the atmosphere"
Similar: intimidate, daunt, cow, take someone's breath away, awe, disconcert, blind someone with something, unnerve, discourage, subdue, abash, dismay, frighten, alarm, scare, deter, terrify, terrorize, browbeat, bully, psych out, buffalo,


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