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Definition of awesome in English:

awesome

adjective

1Extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring awe.
‘the awesome power of the atomic bomb’
- ‘Nor was there as yet any sign that the arguments had undermined men's belief in the awesome powers of an anointed king.’
- ‘In the end political and military judgments have to be made and those who hold power have the awesome task of making them.’
- ‘Our family has thus been confronted with the awesome effects of a single gene.’
- ‘More than 100,000 spectators were wowed by awesome aerobatics at Clacton Air Show.’
- ‘However, critics claim that the awesome size and alien appearance of the plants will spoil the landscape.’
- ‘The best way I can describe it is wanting to work with nature, of acknowledging its awesome power.’
- ‘It wants to crush any alternatives, and to intimidate the world with its awesome military power.’
- ‘The awesome majesty and power of these mountains is breathtaking and I look at them every day.’
- ‘Being able to stand so close really enables you to get a feel of the real power in the waterfall, it really is an awesome spectacle.’
- ‘The birds' mother is also an awesome sight, as she flies onto the nest with a fish in her mouth to feed her young.’
- ‘One feels so helpless, so small in the face of such awesome power being so recklessly cast about.’
- ‘One wonders what treasures may still remain buried and undiscovered, such is the awesome scale of the place.’
- ‘We ask you also to join us in praying for great wisdom for our world leaders upon whom rest such awesome responsibilities.’
- ‘This is the most amazing, awesome and deadly frightening image of fire that it's been my privilege to see.’
- ‘York Minster, 250 years in the building, is an awesome display of the creative genius of man.’
- ‘To see a hammerhead eat a surface bait is spectacular, but to see two fight over it is awesome!’
- ‘What will always stand out, though, is the awesome and incredibly magnificent make-up.’
- ‘To take one's own life or to terminate the life of another out of mercy is to exercise the most awesome power imaginable.’
- ‘Last week again Afghanistan was subjected to the awesome destructive power of the zilzila.’
- ‘This is ballet on tarmac and the high speeds involved make this an awesome spectacle.’
breathtaking, amazing, stunning, astounding, astonishing, awe-inspiring, stupendous, staggering, extraordinary, incredible, unbelievable
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1. 1.1informal Extremely good; excellent.
  ‘the band is truly awesome!’
  ‘The super-long socks that Frank bought me in England are the most awesome socks ever!’
  ‘Some first impressions - Spotlight is pretty awesome and a positive move in desktop search.’
  ‘We went shopping together yesterday, and he spent way too much money on me, and it was awesome.’
  ‘Having said that, he is a thunderously awesome singer and had the engineers at Battery in absolute thrall.’
  ‘Back to back they sound awesome, as does most of the rest of the album.’
  ‘What an awesome little idea, that I'm sure will soon get taken up by others.’
  ‘The feeling you get from helping someone else is awesome and is returned to you ten-fold.’
  ‘Heavy, heavy, sung in German, and laden with the most awesome riffs available in heavy metal today.’
  ‘If Agathe's delivery matched his pace he would truly be an awesome player.’
  ‘Jacob was an awesome help to me too, setting up my floor lamp and my bed, and moving furniture around.’
  ‘I've heard whispered tales of how ridiculous and awesome this movie is, but haven't seen it yet.’
  ‘I feel honored to be able to help out these excellent people with such an awesome event.’
  ‘After that we went to the Brown Sugar Cafe and I had an awesome peanut butter and choc chip cookie.’
  ‘Aside from that function being fun on its own, I found on it some awesome channels.’
  ‘The Herbie Mash Trio were playing an awesome gig in W2 tonight before a capacity crowd.’
  ‘This girl can sing - and she did an awesome take on the song with only a few little issues with the notes.’
  ‘Last night I had an awesome chat on the phone with Mel, my friend back in Canberra.’
  ‘I've been looking at it for a couple weeks and it's awesome, both design wise and linguistically.’
  ‘For the purposes of this review, we will use Paddy's as the archetypal awesome bar.’
  ‘In Perth, Australia are in the other pool, along with the awesome Dutch, England and Spain.’
  fine, of high quality, of a high standard, quality, superior
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