
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).
awesomeness awe'some·ness n.
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Fowler's Modern English Usage:
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The roadside drinkers stare open-mouthed at the sight of the awesome Ford GT40—Today, 1992
If the English performances in Paris and Edinburgh had been executed by New Zealand they would be proclaimed as awesome and unstoppable—Rugby World and Post, 1992.In youth slang awesome has a generalized favourable sense (like cool and wicked):
Reading week was awesome: instead of doing any work I went on holidays—weblog, 2004 [Old English (up to 1150)C].
| aware, awake, awaken, wake, waken, await, wait | |
| awful, awhile, a while, axe |
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| awful, axe, axeman |
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ærefrygtindgydende, imponerende
Nederlands (Dutch)
ontzagwekkend, beangstigend, te gek
Français (French)
adj. - imposant, impressionnant, terrifiant
Deutsch (German)
adj. - ehrfurchtgebietend, überwältigend
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αποτρόπαιος, τρομακτικός, (μτφ.) τρομερός, καταπληκτικός
Italiano (Italian)
spaventoso, imponente
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - temeroso
Русский (Russian)
внушающий страх, благоговение
Español (Spanish)
adj. - impresionante
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hemsk, väldig
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
引起敬畏的, 可怕的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 引起敬畏的, 可怕的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 두려운, 위엄 있는
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 恐ろしい, 畏敬の念を表す
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) مرعب, يسبب الرعب والرهبه
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מפחיד, נורא
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