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. Aidan Hutchinson:

    (Playing for the Lions) would mean a lot. All my friends back home are big Lions fans and they’ve been enduring the pain of all the losses in the previous years, so it would definitely be awesome to do that.

  2. Las Vegas:

    Its raw, its in its primal state right now, everyone doesnt know what to expect, which is awesome.

  3. Lori Chalupny:

    It's just incredible, the atmosphere out there was awesome. We kind of looked around as a team like, 'Let's just soak this in for a second.'.

  4. Devyn Hensel:

    It's a very fluid story, and in addition to all of the pictures being a little dark themselves in the way they are composed, the captions which Devyn comes up with are just awesome and add to the story so much.

  5. Todd Fisher:

    Carrie always struggled with living in the shadow of Debbie Reynolds, i never did. I loved being in the shadow of Debbie Reynolds. I mean, it was awesome. I just could n’t understand why Debbie Reynolds struggled with this.

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  • slyce
    oh i sure will discuss these awesome, amazing, astounding definitions
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • Jerry Gilbert
    Jerry Gilbert
    Read my Book Awesome God, it explains God's Awesomeness. Dr. Jerry Gilbert
    LikeReply5 years ago

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