aweless
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aweless
- /ˈɔːlɪs/ UK
- /-ləs/ UK
- /ˈɔlɪs/ US
- /-ləs/ US
Rhymes with -ɔːlɪs, -ɔːləs
Where it comes from
From Middle English aweles; by surface analysis, awe + -less.
adjective more aweless · most aweless · awless
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Without fear; fearless, unafraid.
New-wrought were the knights' broad bucklers, bright without fleck or stain, / And their helms were a flashing splendour, as rode that gallant train / After the aweless Siegfried through the heart of Burgundia-land; / Never therein did heroes so goodly-apparelled stand.
Similar: brave
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Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear; irreverent.
A proud heart, evidencing itself in a saucy, malapert, aweless, and careless carriage, is most unbeseeming the condition of servants, and highly displeasing to God in them, as being opposite to that property of fear and trembling which ought to accompany their obedience: "Be obedient with fear and t
Similar: presumptuous
- Inspiring no awe. Aye me! I ſee the ruine of my Houſe: / The Tyger now hath ſeiz'd the gentle Hinde, / Inſulting Tiranny beginnes to Jutt / Vpon the innocent and aweleſſe throne: […]
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Talk about this word "aweless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/aweless. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. aweless. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/aweless "aweless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/aweless.Cite this
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