Meaning

2 senses
  1. Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.

    The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight.

    The tsunami was awesome in its destructive power.

    beängstigend, furchteinflößend, fürchterlich

    устраша́ющийustrašájuščij, внуша́ющий страхvnušájuščij strax, ужаса́ющийužasájuščij

    inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

  2. (Australia, Canada, US, colloquial)Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

    That was awesome!

    Awesome, dude!

    großartig, beeindruckend, schrecklich

    круто́йkrutój, клёвыйkljóvyj, кла́ссныйklássnyj

Examples

239 sentences
  1. That would've been awesome.

    Це було б неймовірно.

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  2. Tom did an awesome job.

    Том зробив чудову роботу.

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  3. That sounds awesome.

    Це звучить пречудово.

    ruЗвучит потрясающе.

    deDas klingt großartig.

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  4. Tom looks awesome.

    Том чудово виглядає.

    deTom sieht großartig aus.

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  5. What an awesome family!

    Яка чудова сім'я!

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
causing awe or terror:
excellent, exciting:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
causing awe or terror:
excellent, exciting:

Origin

From awe + -some; compare earlier awful and Middle English eiful (“inducing fright or terr

From awe + -some; compare earlier awful and Middle English eiful (“inducing fright or terror, terrible”), from Old English eġeful (“fearful; inspiring awe”).

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