Definitions of awesome [ˈɔ səm]

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Definition of 'awesome'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) awesome
inspiring awe:
an awesome sight.

2. awesome
showing awe.

3. awesome
Slang. very impressive.

Etymology: (1590–1600)

Definition of 'awesome'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) amazing, awe-inspiring, awesome, awful, awing
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"

Definition of 'awesome'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) awesome
in awe of
extremely good
The roller coaster is totally awesome.

2. awesome
making you feel admiration or fear
an awesome task

Definition of 'awesome'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) awesome
causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight

2. (adj) awesome
expressive of awe or terror

Translation of 'awesome'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: causing awe The waterfall was awe-inspiring; an awesome sight.
Afrikaans: ontsagwekkend	Arabic: رَهيب، مُريع	Bulgarian: внушавам благоговение
Brazilian: espantador	Czech: nahánějící hrůzu, vzbuzuj	German: ehrfurchtgebietend
Danish: ærefrygtindgydende; impon	Greek: φοβερός, που εμπνέει δέος	Spanish: estremecedor, que infunde
Estonian: aukartustäratav	Farsi: با ابهت؛ اعجاب انگیز	Finnish: pelonsekaista kunnioitust
French: d'une majesté grandiose	Hebrew: מְעוֹרֵר יִרְאָה	Hindi: विस्मयकारी
Croatian: koji ulijeva strahopoštov	Hungarian: félelmetes	Indonesian: menakjubkan
Icelandic: tilkomumikill	Italian: maestoso, (che incute tim	Japanese: 畏敬の念を起こさせる
Korean: 두려움을 일으키게 하는	Lithuanian: stulbinantis, pritrenkian	Latvian: []bijību iedvesošs
Malay: mengagumkan	Dutch: ontzagwekkend	Norwegian: formidabel, fryktinngyten
Polish: groźny, budzący odrazę	Persian: با ابهت؛ اعجاب انگیز	Pashto: هیبتناک
Portuguese: assustador	Romanian: care teînfioară; copleşit	Russian: внушающий (благоговейный)
Slovak: vzbudiť úctu; naháňať hrô	Slovenian: veličasten	Serbian: koji ulivastrahopoštovanj
Swedish: respektingivande, vördnad	Thai: ที่ทำให้เกรงกลัว	Turkish: ürkütücü, tüyler ürpertic
Taiwanese: 使人敬畏的	Ukrainian: такий, що вселяє благогов	Urdu: رعب کا جذبہ پیدا کرنا
Vietnamese: gây kinh hoàng	Chinese: 使人敬畏的
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