awesome

Also used as

awesome is also the clipping of awesomeness.

awesome meaning in Bengali, Punjabi, Malay and Indonesian

Examples of awesome in a sentence

• And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by the impersonal, but, to my mind, rather awesome title of She.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
• Certainly it is awesome to think of a nation that brings its powers of persuasion against a woman's right to conceive.1984 February 14, John Corry, “Birth Curb in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
• “Your bold decision to target Iran's nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history.”2025 June 25, Daniel Estrin, quoting Benjamin Netanyahu, “Israel was once deterred from striking Iran. Now Netanyahu takes a victory lap”...

All 40 example sentences with awesome

Synonyms of awesome

• awe-inspiring
• ace
• admirable
• amazing
• badass
• broyal
• bang on
• bang-up
• studly
• based

Antonyms

• aweless
• fail
• shit
• weaksauce
• horrible
• horrific
• terrible
• mediocre

All synonyms and antonyms of awesome

Forms of awesome

Origin of awesome

From awe + -some; compare earlier awful and Middle English eiful (“inducing fright or terror, terrible”), from Old English eġeful (“fearful; inspiring awe”). The oldest meaning of awesome is of “something which inspires awe”, but the word is now also a common colloquial expression. It was originally so used in the United States, where it had featured strikingly in the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, as used by Japan's Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto to describe the "awesome" industrial potential of the United States. Consequently, as the word popularly became an expression for anything superb, in its original meaning it has tended to be replaced by the related word, awe-inspiring.

Words formed from awesome

• awesomazing
• awesomely
• awesomeness
• awesomenessness
• awesomeosity
• awesome sauce
• awesometastic
• awesomitude
• gnarlsome
• unawesome

Related words

• awe-inspiring
• awful
• surprising

Questions about awesome

What does awesome mean?

Awesome means causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.

What is awesome in Bengali?

Awesome in Bengali is ফাটাফাটি (phaṭaphaṭi). See Awesome meaning in Bengali.

How do you use awesome in a sentence?

And now it appeared that there was a mysterious Queen clothed by rumour with dread and wonderful attributes, and commonly known by the impersonal, but, to my mind, rather awesome title of She.

What part of speech is awesome?

Awesome can be an adjective or a noun.

How do you pronounce awesome?

Awesome is pronounced /ˈɔːsəm/ (UK).