overawed

English

Verb

overawed

  1. simple past and past participle of overawe

Adjective

overawed (comparative more overawed, superlative most overawed)

  1. Impressed or convinced by someone to an unreasonable degree, sometimes with an implication of gullibility.
    One of the most depressing things about you, the people, says Daniel Hannan, is the way you're so overawed by experts. - Best articles: Britain: Our naive faith in non-political experts,The Week, 14 July 2007, 622, 14.

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