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breathtaking
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breath·tak·ing
/
ˈbrɛθˌteɪ
kɪŋ
/
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breth
-tey-king
]
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adjective
thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like:
a breathtaking performance.
Origin:
1875–80;
breath
+
take
+
-ing
2
Related forms
breath·tak·ing·ly,
adverb
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breathtaking
(ˈbrɛθˌteɪkɪŋ)
—
adj
causing awe or excitement:
a breathtaking view
'breathtakingly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
breathtaking
1880, from
breath
+ prp. of
take
. Phrase to take (one's) breath away with astonishment or delight is from 1864.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
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breathtaking
, especially over the past month.
Wherever it comes from, this ad has a
breathtaking
cheesiness and badness that
deserve notice.
These
breathtaking
structures are among the best preserved of their kind to be
found anywhere in the world.
His audacity is
breathtaking
, his imagination infectious, his humor as vicious
as it is delectable.
She was tired of being tagged in print exclusively as the star of a movie famed for its
breathtaking
awfulness.
The scale of wealth destruction for shareholders has been
breathtaking
.
Bonus is the
breathtaking
views that abound in and around the campground.
The
breathtaking
images that follow will both delight the public and allow astronomers to probe the universe's deepest mysteries.
It combined the
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greed of a few with irresponsibility all across the system.
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breathtaking
they must have been built with divine inspiration.
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