overawe

Questions about overawe

What does overawe mean?

overawe means "subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)".

How many syllables are in overawe?

overawe has 3 syllables and divides as o-ve-rawe under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for overawe?

Close synonyms include cow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is overawe a common word?

overawe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.