Awesome

/ˈɔː.səm/ · adjective

Meaning

Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement..

Definitions by Sense

1. Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.
2. (colloquial, Canada, US, Australia) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
3. (uncountable, slang) Clipping of awesomeness (“the quality, state, or essence of being awesome”).
4. (countable, informal) A person who is awesome.

Example Sentences

The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight.

The tsunami was awesome in its destructive power.

And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by the impersonal, but, to my mind, rather awesome title of She.

I think that the most fearsome attribute of these awesome creatures is their silence and the fact that one never sees them—nothing but those baleful eyes glaring unblinkingly out of the dark void behind.

Certainly it is awesome to think of a nation that brings its powers of persuasion against a woman's right to conceive.

“Congratulations, President Trump,” Netanyahu said in a video statement immediately following the U.S. attack. “Your bold decision to target Iran's nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history.”

That was awesome!

Awesome, dude!

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Word Forms

• more awesome
• awesomer
• most awesome
• awesomest
• orsum

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