What does awesome mean?

Definitions for awesome
ˈɔ səmawe·some

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word awesome.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awingadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. awesomeadjective

    Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.

  2. awesomeadjective

    Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

  3. Etymology: Early Modern English 1590-1600, from. Compare egeful.

ChatGPT

  1. awesome

    Awesome is an adjective that is used to describe something or someone that is extremely impressive, remarkable, or inspiring. It conveys a sense of awe, wonder, or amazement.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Awesomeadjective

    causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight

  2. Awesomeadjective

    expressive of awe or terror

Wikidata

  1. Awesome

    Awesome is a science fiction action video game released by Psygnosis for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1990. It features a variety of gameplay styles, from overhead shooting to Asteroids-esque sequences, and a pre-rendered ray-traced intro sequence. The antagonist of the game is John Winner. Scenes and music from the game were featured in Psygnosis's later game Lemmings as in-jokes, in a Taxing rated level called "What an AWESOME level". The theme music for Awesome was composed by Tim Wright. The box art for Awesome was painted by science fiction artist John Harris.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of awesome in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of awesome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of awesome in a Sentence

  1. Aaron Seide:

    It's awesome, there's more people, it's more animated this year, people are more excited this year.

  2. Dennis Rodman:

    We thought, ‘This would be awesome!’ the people in Guam are all about it. They love it. You get a team from North Korea, get these guys from Pyongyang. Play it in Beijing.

  3. Christopher Beck:

    I was just trying to fit in to the stereotype American dream, exactly what my parents and everyone expected of me, i met someone who's -- who's awesome, you know, we got along good.

  4. Steve Burton:

    You've got so many super couples on 'Days' that are getting back together, which is awesome, i started my career on 'Days of Our Lives,' and now years have passed, and I'm reprising my role as Harris Michaels. And this character is doing some crazy stuff.

  5. Camilo Villegas:

    It's going to be awesome, to have golf back in the Olympics and it's great for it to start in Rio, it would be a huge honor for me to represent my country there. I've been kind of dreaming of being at the Olympic opening ceremony, that would be pretty cool.

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  • slyce
    oh i sure will discuss these awesome, amazing, astounding definitions
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  • Jerry Gilbert
    Jerry Gilbert
    Read my Book Awesome God, it explains God's Awesomeness. Dr. Jerry Gilbert
    LikeReply5 years ago

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