awe |
1. n. A feeling of fear and reverence. | |
2. n. A feeling of amazement. | |
3. n. (archaic) Power to inspire awe. | |
4. v. To inspire fear and reverence in. | |
5. v. To control by inspiring dread. | |
inspiring |
1. adj. Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating. | |
2. v. present participle of inspire | |
3. n. inspiration | |
inspire |
1. v. To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration. | |
2. v. To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to. | |
Elders should inspire children with sentiments of virtue. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale. | |
4. v. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing. | |
5. v. (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate. | |
6. v. To spread rumour indirectly. | |
majestic |
1. adj. Having qualities of splendor or royalty. | |
noble |
1. n. An aristocrat; one of aristocratic blood. | |
This country house was occupied by nobles in the 16th century. | |
2. n. (now historical) A medieval gold coin of England in the 14th and 15th centuries, usually valued at 6s 8d. | |
3. adj. Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character. | |
He made a noble effort. | |
He is a noble man who would never put his family in jeopardy. | |
4. adj. Grand; stately; magnificent; splendid. | |
a noble edifice | |
5. adj. Of exalted rank; of or relating to the nobility; distinguished from the masses by birth, station, or title; highborn. | |
noble blood; a noble personage | |
6. adj. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Both isohedral and isogonal. | |
Venerable |
1. adj. A form of address for an archdeacon in the Anglican Church | |
2. adj. The description in the Roman Catholic Church of someone in the first stages of sainthood | |
3. adj. The description of some saints in the Eastern Orthodox Church | |
4. adj. Commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position. | |
5. adj. Worthy of reverence. | |
6. adj. Ancient, antiquated or archaic. | |
7. adj. Made sacred especially by religious or historical association. | |
8. adj. Giving an impression of aged goodness and benevolence. | |