Awe vs. Bewildered — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Awe and Bewildered
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Awe
Awe is an emotion comparable to wonder but less joyous. On Robert Plutchik's wheel of emotions awe is modeled as a combination of surprise and fear.
Bewildered
"Bewildered" is a popular song written in 1936 by Teddy Powell and Leonard Whitcup. It was a 1938 hit for Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra.
Awe
A feeling of respect or reverence mixed with dread and wonder, often inspired by something majestic or powerful
"There was a fierce purpose in the gale ... that seemed directed at him, and made him hold his breath in awe" (Joseph Conrad).
Bewildered
To confuse or befuddle, especially by being complicated or varied.
Awe
The power to inspire dread.
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Bewildered
To cause to lose one's bearings; disorient
"The whirling snow bewildered him" (May Kellogg Sullivan).
Awe
Dread.
Bewildered
Baffled, confused, mystified, at a loss, not thinking clearly, or uncertain.
He was just standing there, turning this way and that, with a bewildered look on his face.
Awe
To fill with awe
Tourists who are awed by the ancient monument.
Bewildered
Simple past tense and past participle of bewilder
Awe
A feeling of fear and reverence.
Bewildered
Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.
Awe
A feeling of amazement.
Bewildered
Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment;
Obviously bemused by his questions
Bewildered and confused
A cloudy and confounded philosopher
Just a mixed-up kid
She felt lost on the first day of school
Awe
(archaic) Power to inspire awe.
Awe
(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
Awe
(transitive) To control by inspiring dread.
Awe
Dread; great fear mingled with respect.
His frown was full of terror, and his voiceShook the delinquent with such fits of awe.
Awe
The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence.
There is an awe in mortals' joy,A deep mysterious fear.
To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe.
The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe - the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power.
Awe
To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread.
That same eye whose bend doth awe the world.
His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders.
Awe
An overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration;
He stared over the edge with a feeling of awe
Awe
A profound emotion inspired by a deity;
The fear of God
Awe
Inspire awe in;
The famous professor awed the undergraduates
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