awe-inspiring
16
5.6
- adjective
- /ˈɔː ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ/
:
impresionante
- It must be an awe-inspiring sight.
What is, would you say, your most sort of awe inspiring insight into the human mind?
- What is, would you say, your most sort of awe inspiring insight into the human mind?
- So the two criteria for satisfying an awe inspiring experience.
- So for instance, a cyclone, you find that awesome, you find it awe inspiring and it's daunting at the same time.
- Soviet Russia is to become a powerful, modern and awe inspiring state which will lead the world to communism by example.
- The number of obstacles that you've had to overcome to get where you are today and just the sheer breadth of your career is really awe inspiring.
- Please join me in saying yes to the next big idea, to the next paradigm shifting experiment, to the next awe inspiring piece of art.
- And that's the only thing you should be saying as opposed to criticizing some little detail of this and that It's just an awe inspiring.
Examples
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The installation was awe-inspiring in its conception, containing a humanistic element that one rarely encounters.
Academic text (1996) -
We, as an American public, owe this great man an awe-inspiring tribute, whatever that may be.
Blog text (6) -
We promised the people something awe-inspiring, and we're giving it to them, thanks to Ted and George.
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Three nights a week, there is an awe-inspiring program at the site.
Academic text (2008) -
Oh, my goodness, it's awe-inspiring.
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Nothing had prepared me for the immense surprise of these awe-inspiring pictures in the native hunt.
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The seemingly effortless performance of a musical virtuoso is awe-inspiring to an audience.
Academic text (2004) -
What could be more awe-inspiring than that beautiful hymn about Shabbat and about redemption?
Fiction book (1999) -
Welcome to America's last frontier where the final lumbering remnants of the ice age the massive and awe-inspiring glaciers cast cathedral-sized icebergs into the sea.
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The view from the mountaintop was truly awe-inspiring, leaving everyone speechless with admiration.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Causing great surprise and admiration
∞
3.5
Very surprising or hard to believe
968
2.1
Very impressive and causing a strong feeling of wonder
584
3.4
Causing people to admire it, like a building or performance, because it is very good
253
3.6
Very beautiful and impressive in a way that makes people admire it
138
3.6
Makes people feel excited and want to try something new
92
4.1
So surprising and impressive that you feel amazed
83
4.1
Very surprising and having a strong effect on people
77
3.5
A very beautiful and surprising sight that amazes you
60
5.8
Very impressive and causing strong surprise
28
5.1
So surprising and impressive that it changes how you feel or think
24
5.3
Very large and surprising in a way that shocks you
19
6.7
Very large or impressive in a way that amazes people
12
9.9
Impressive and makes you feel respect or wonder
5
3.4
Very surprising and making you feel great wonder
2
2.8
Very impressive and exciting
1
7.7
So surprising and impressive that it leaves people stunned
1
4.1
Very impressive and making people feel amazed
1
5.5
Very impressive and much better than you expect
Impressive and frightening because of great size or power
Very exciting and surprising to see
Very impressive and surprising in a strong informal way
Antonyms
How Impressive
- Literature
43
6.7
77
3.5
16
5.6
584
3.4
683
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Awe-inspiring combines awe, meaning 'wonder' or deep respect, with inspiring, which comes from a root that means 'to breathe'. So something awe-inspiring is like it 'breathes' wonder into you, which is why it feels extremely impressive.