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awesome

[aw-suhm] Example Sentences Origin

awe·some

[aw-suhm]
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

awful, awesome, offal (see usage note at awful).


See awful.

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Awesome is always a great word to know.
So is navel-gazing. Does it mean:
a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; a source of annoying difficulty or burden; a recurring snag
excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue
Example Sentences
  • See the awesome destructive power of landslides.
  • You'll get awesome views from the ridge, where you'll also find alpine wildflowers this month.
  • At five feet long, with a five-foot wing span, this has to be the most awesome mailbox on the block.
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World English Dictionary
awesome (ˈɔːsəm)
 
adj
1.  inspiring or displaying awe
2.  slang excellent or outstanding
 
'awesomely
 
adv
 
'awesomeness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

awesome
c.1600, "profoundly reverential," from awe + -some. Meaning "inspiring awe" is from 1670s; weakened colloquial sense of "impressive, very good" is recorded by 1961 and was in vogue from after c.1980.
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Slang Dictionary

awesome definition


  1. exclam.
    Great!; Excellent! (Usually Awesome! Standard English, but used often in slang.) : You own that gorgeous hog? Awesome!
  2. mod.
    impressive. : That thing is so awesome!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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