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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
awe·some       [aw-suhm] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.inspiring awe: an awesome sight.
2.showing or characterized by awe.
3.Slang. very impressive: That new white convertible is totally awesome.

[Origin: 1590–1600; awe + -some1]

awe·some·ly, adverb
awe·some·ness, noun

See awful.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
awe·some       (ô'səm)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Inspiring awe: an awesome thunderstorm.
  2. Expressing awe: stood in awesome silence before the ancient ruins.
  3. Slang Remarkable; outstanding: "a totally awesome arcade game" (Los Angeles Times).

awe'some·ly adv., awe'some·ness n.
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awesome

adjective
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" [syn: amazing

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Awesome

Awe"some\, a. 1. Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight. --Wright.

2. Expressive of awe or terror.

An awesome glance up at the auld castle. --Sir W. Scott.

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