awesome
[aw-suh m]
- causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear: an awesome sight.
- exhibiting or marked by awe; showing reverence, admiration, or fear.
- Slang. very impressive: That new white convertible is totally awesome.
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Origin of awesome
Usage note
See awful.
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Examples from the Web for awesome
Contemporary Examples
We see Peck's character change and at the same time we see the awesome size of the forces he's up against.
Our awesome booking agency, High Road Touring, takes a commission for booking the tour.
Emergent procedures provide their benefit right away and have the awesome potential to rescue a patient from the brink of death.
And they were so funny and awesome that I thought, “I want to do that.”
The Varsity Chiefs are awesome, and the engine for this devastating hardwood machine is point guard Buell Robinson.
Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their OwnRobert Silverman
August 31, 2014
Historical Examples
He faced them, a tall, awesome figure in his long, full dressing-gown.
The Night RidersRidgwell Cullum
So awesome was it that I do not wonder we went a considerable way in silence.
The House Under the SeaSir Max Pemberton
Oh, I do not see how anything can be so grand, so awesome as this!
Out of the DepthsRobert Ames Bennet
He worked with mad haste, and there was an awesome, insane glare in his eyes.
Frank Merriwell Down SouthBurt L. Standish
There seemed to be a weird and awesome significance in the scene.
Peak and PrairieAnna Fuller
awesome
- inspiring or displaying awe
- slang excellent or outstanding
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Word Origin and History for awesome
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