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(transitive, now rare) To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck..
Behold the God himself, whose dreadful brow Awe-strikes the soul to speechless homage!
The idea of these “ladies” at first annoyed him; but the humble habitation which they had chosen—humble to poverty—impressed him with the belief that, however the “ladies” might awe-strike the Welsh peasantry, he should find in them nothing that would impress him with the idea of station.
Ceremony is a scarecrow to awe-strike fools.
Use awe strike when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Awe strike means (transitive, now rare) To strike (someone) with awe; to make (someone) awestruck..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Behold the God himself, whose dreadful brow Awe-strikes the soul to speechless homage!
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