Overawe: alternatives and connections

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Overawe

To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.

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Awe 76% connected

Dread; great fear mingled with respect.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Buffalo 76% connected

A species of the genus Bos or Bubalus (B. bubalus), originally from India, but now found in most of the warmer countries of the eastern continent. It…

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Coward 74% connected

Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Coward 74% connected

Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cow 92% connected

A chimney cap; a cowl

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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