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awesome
UK /ˈɔː.səm/ US /ˈɔ.səm/
adj 2noun 2
Collocations
3(adj.)
VERBS
be, seem
ADV
really, simply, truly
That concert last night was really awesome.
fairly, pretty, quite, somewhat
Definitions
adj
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.
2
Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
That was awesome!
Awesome, dude!
noun
1
Clipping of awesomeness (“the quality, state, or essence of being awesome”).
pure awesome
made of awesome
2
A person who is awesome.
When an awesome is dreadful and making even the living of a common person miserable then someone from the community must stand up to resist the dreadful and check the excesses.
“Or as I like to think of it, the wusses versus the awesomes.”
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The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight.
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The tsunami was awesome in its destructive power.
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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.
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pure awesome
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made of awesome
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Plus, her patent leather boots were made of awesome. They made her legs look longer and leaner.
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