Awe is perhaps the most amazing feeling that a person can experience. Its nature cannot be unambiguously determined. True, the word “awe” has another meaning. Consider the word in all its subtleties.
Value
The meaning that a word can express is not diverse and fits into two meanings:
- Slight flicker or wobble (light or eyelashes).
- Feeling similar to fear or fear. Any strong excitement is also expressed.
This is written in the dictionary. But we believe that the dictionary conveys only the general meaning of the word and ignores the nuances. Indeed, when it comes to the fact that someone was in awe of someone, for example, the younger brother is in awe of the older, fear is implied. But thrill is a more complicated feeling than simple excitement or fear. It always has both positive and negative traits.
We give an example. The student trembles at the exam: on the one hand, he is very worried, and on the other hand, he is looking forward to an end to his efforts, and it does not matter if they lasted the whole semester or one night. And if the boy or girl did not prepare, they are absorbed by the abyss of fear, and there is no mention of it at all. Awe is an amazing feeling that does not immediately decipher.
Synonyms
I must say that for the "physical" meaning of the word, an analogue is easy to pick up. More difficult with a portable. But let's start with a simpler task.
- Flicker.
- The wobble.
- Trembling.
With a figurative value is more difficult, because there are no full analogues. But in some cases it can be replaced like this:
- fear;
- fear;
- light horror;
- excitement;
- jumble;
- anticipation.
When it came to the student, it is clear that negative tones prevail in his feeling. It is unlikely that anyone loves exams, even Hermione Granger cannot boast of a special love for testing her knowledge, although, it would seem, she has something to worry about. By the way, information for consideration: do you know why Leo Tolstoy left the university? He was humiliated by the exam procedure itself. Therefore, the count left this business. However, we were distracted again, and after all the most interesting thing. Consider the option when positive emotions prevail in awe.
When a man is in love, he is in awe of a girl. You can’t say that he is afraid of her? Although the element of fear in the feeling is present. If we are talking about love, then awe is a complex set of many feelings and it is extremely difficult to understand which one is the most important.
Thriller list
It would seem, where are the films here, are we talking about the language? Yes, but the thing is that the genre got its name from the English word thrill - awe, excitement. So, films of this absolutely wonderful genre can be used as an example, illustration or stimulator for those who have never experienced such inspiration, anticipation associated with fear (suddenly there are such). So, the five films (arbitrary choice):
- The Silence of the Lambs (1990).
- The Seven (1995).
- The Sixth Sense (1999).
- The Game (1997).
- “Island of the Damned” (2009).
Now the reader knows exactly what awe is: the meaning of the word, its synonyms, as well as films that can give a pleasant, tickling nerves feeling. If you do not like movies, go to the exam and remember this pleasant excitement, mixed in equal or unequal proportions with the fear of error.