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aweless

American  
[aw-lis] / ˈɔ lɪs /
Or awless

adjective

  1. displaying no awe; unawed.

  2. not to be awed; fearless.

  3. rude; impertinent.


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Etymology

Origin of aweless

before 900; Middle English, Old English; see awe, -less

Example Sentences

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In their town   The aweless Trojans armed themselves the while   War-eager, praying to the Gods to grant   Respite from slaughter, breathing-space from toil.

From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders

Overhead, an aweless eagle, rising wing above wing says to his sweetheart, "It is my opinion God made these mountains for no other reason than that you and I might build our nest in them....."

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

Bold-hearted child of aweless Aeacus' son,   This as beseems a hero princely and brave,   Dauntlessly trusting in thy strength, thou say'st.

From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders

Its prayer is to hold fast the pious mind, the smooth painless life at peace with heaven and earth, instead of fighting with the invincible, aweless outcast from all law.

From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Moulton, Richard Green

Then ceased I from my envying state,        And knew that aweless intellect      Hath power upon the ways of Fate,        And works through time and space uncheck'd.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 by Various

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