Awe means “fear, respect.” It’s describes someone or something that is “revered and/or feared." The first testament uses the word “awe” often, denoting god or some higher figure. The traditional
definition of awesome is to describe something as feared or respected as a higher being upon all others.
In today's slang, it means that someone is really really really really cool and
amazing. The person that is awesome may suffer denial from their
awesomeness.