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awesome (adj)
Synonyms: overwhelming, grand,
breathtaking, splendid,
tremendous, remarkable,
amazing, awe-inspiring,
fearsome, astounding, humbling
awe·some adj.
Inspiring awe: an awesome
thunderstorm.
Expressing awe: stood in
awesome silence before the
ancient ruins.
Slang. Remarkable;
outstanding: “a totally
awesome arcade game” (Los
Angeles Times).
1 sense of awesome
Sense 1
amazing, awe-inspiring,
awesome, awful, awing --
(inspiring awe or admiration
or wonder; "New York is an
amazing city"; "the Grand
Canyon is an awe-inspiring
sight"; "the awesome
complexity of the universe";
"this sea, whose gently awful
stirrings seem to speak of
some hidden soul beneath"-
Melville; "Westminster Hall's
awing majesty, so vast, so
high, so silent")
=> impressive (vs.
unimpressive) -- (making a
strong or vivid impression;
"an impressive ceremony") |
