'overawe' definitions:
Definition of 'overawe'
(from WordNet)
verb
Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) [syn: overawe, cow]
Synonyms of 'overawe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abash,
- awe,
- beat down,
- break,
- browbeat,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- castrate,
- clamp down on,
- coerce,
- compel,
- cow,
- daunt,
- despotize,
- deter,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- dominate,
- domineer,
- domineer over,
- enslave,
- faze,
- frighten,
- grind,
- grind down,
- hector,
- henpeck,
- intimidate,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- lord it over,
- oppress,
- overbear,
- overmaster,
- override,
- overwhelm,
- press heavy on,
- repress,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- scare,
- shake,
- stop,
- subjugate,
- suppress,
- terrify,
- terrorize,
- trample down,
- trample upon,
- tread down,
- tread upon,
- tyrannize,
- tyrannize over,
- unman,
- upset,
- walk all over,
- walk over,
- weigh heavy on