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awesome sauce

awesome sauce noun: the essence of awesomeness; excellence.

Noun

awesome sauce (usually uncountable, plural awesome sauces)

  1. (Canada, Internet, US, dated, usually) The essence of awesomeness; excellence.
    • So I am quite proud of us, I think it was a great show, every band was pure concentrated awesome sauce!2009 March 11, Odd Austin, “Odd News for Odd People- An Odd Austin Update 3/11/09”, in rec.music.dementia (Usenet)
    • He was, as my BFF Kayla would say, "a hottie covered with awesome sauce.2010, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Burned, page 39
  2. (Canada, Internet, US, dated, usually) Something which is awesome, cool or spectacular.
    • The idea is solid awesome sauce, I just don't see it as a feasible undertaking for this project at this point in time.2009 May 7, pcm1...@gmail.com, “Threading, background loading”, in openmw (Google Groups)
    • Jeff this is serious awesome sauce. You get my vote if you can make this happen.2008 July 7, Justin Bozonier, “Building Together”, in Seattle area Alt.Net (Google Groups)
  3. (usually, aesthetic) A vibrant, chaotic, and heavily meme-driven aesthetic from the late 2000s to early 2010s; characterized by surreal, random, and ironic humor; often pairs MS Paint-style graphics and 80s airbrush motifs with neon colors, space galaxies, cats, or junk food.
  4. (usually) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see awesome, sauce.
    • The combination of spices and seasonings creates an awesome sauce or marinade for chicken, seafood, and beef.2005, Cary Neff, Conscious Cuisine, page 242

Adjective

awesome sauce (comparative more awesome sauce, superlative most awesome sauce)

  1. (Canada, Internet, US, dated) Awesome; excellent.
    • you guys are awesomesauce.2001 September 22, carmelita cortez, “Shadowy men in a taco bell ad!”, in alt.tv.kids-in-hall (Usenet)
    • April: Hey, I love you.
      Andy: Dude, shut up! That is awesome sauce!2011 March 17, Daniel J. Goor, “Harvest Festival”, in Parks and Recreation, season 3, episode 7, via NBC
    Synonyms:
    awesome

awesome sauce meaning in Tamil

awesome sauce in Tamil

நனி சுவையுணா

Synonyms of awesome sauce

Antonyms

Forms of awesome sauce

Noun
pluralawesome sauces
alternative formawesome-sauce
alternative formawesomesauce
Adjective
comparativemore awesome sauce
superlativemost awesome sauce

Origin of awesome sauce

From awesome + sauce. Usage of the term might be after earlier weaksauce.

Questions about awesome sauce

What does awesome sauce mean?
Awesome sauce means the essence of awesomeness; excellence.
What is awesome sauce in Tamil?
Awesome sauce in Tamil is நனி சுவையுணா. See Awesome sauce meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is awesome sauce?
Awesome sauce can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of awesome sauce?
The plural of awesome sauce is awesome sauces.

Words near awesome sauce in the dictionary

  1. awendaw
  2. awent
  3. awes
  4. awesomazing
  5. awesome
  6. awesome sauce
  7. awesome-sauce
  8. awesomely
  9. awesomeness
  10. awesomenesses
  11. awesomenessness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: awesome sauce (page history and authors); awesome sauce (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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