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View synonyms for breathtaking

breathtaking

[ breth-tey-king ]

adjective

  1. thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like:

    a breathtaking performance.



breathtaking

/ ˈbrɛθˌteɪkɪŋ /

adjective

  1. causing awe or excitement

    a breathtaking view



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Derived Forms

  • ˈbreathˌtakingly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • breathtaking·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of breathtaking1

First recorded in 1875–80; breath + take + -ing 2

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Example Sentences

But the most breathtaking aspects of the image are the rings and gaps in the disk, never imaged before in this much detail.

The speed with which the escalation takes place is breathtaking.

I think even just the idea, the very, very romantic idea, that he built this house for them is so breathtaking.

As with many next generation games, Unity is elegant and breathtaking.

It was breathtaking going there for the first time—truly magical.

Just then something, a breathtaking intuition—I'll never know what—made me turn my head.

The havoc wrought among the onrushing pack was breathtaking.

He faced the grinning hunchback—and was greeted by a breathtaking spurt of the pink gas.

The West knew that these institutions were dysfunctional – but not to which breathtaking extent.

Why, the little devil looked like a siren and the bare feet in the net were breathtaking.

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