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• v  subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
• s  overcome by a feeling of awe

• In the villages, many are still too overawed even to look at him.
• A bit belligerently, the former World War II bomber pilot declared: "I'm not overawed by generals like some politicians who've never been in service.
• Even the Japanese Emperor Hirohito never forgot being overawed by the style of his British royal hosts on his first trip to Europe in the 1920s.

• overawe
• cow

News & Articles

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• Monica Puig produces Wimbledon's first upset, beating No. 5 Sara Errani
  LONDON (AP) -- Monica Puig has fallen in love with the All England Club, yet the 19-year-old player from Puerto Rico refuses to be overawed at Wimbledon.
  June 24, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Teen Monica Puig of Puerto Rico Serves Upset
  Monica Puig has fallen in love with the All England Club, yet the 19-year-old player from Puerto Rico refuses to be overawed at Wimbledon.
  June 24, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Jonny Greenwood in SouthFlorida.com
  We still sometimes get overawed by the songs,said Greenwood. "We'll get very attached to a song as an idea in its very basic form, but we also know we can't really leave it like that. So that's what we spend our time talking about and...
• Simon Katich in WA today
  I don't think it will be a case of him being overawed,said Katich. "He hasn't been overawed once yet for NSW. I know it's different in Test cricket but just knowing what he's like I think he'll handle it well."
• Wasim Akram in Bookmakersinc
  The off-spinner was not overawed by the situation and had no respect for Shoaib Akhtar when he hit the pacer for a six. He has time and again performed well under pressure,Akram said.