awesomeness
noun
awe·some·ness
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Definition of awesomeness
: an awesome quality, character, or nature: such as
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: a quality that inspires awe
grasping the awesomeness of her responsibilities … against the southern stars she saw a human form that isolated and lone appeared to her immense: the shape of a giant outlined amongst the constellations. As it approached her it shrank to common proportions … lost its awesomeness, and became menacing in its ominous and silent advance.— Joseph Conrad What seems to be missing, instead, is a large enough screen to show the awesomeness of the open skies and a large enough budget to show the awesomeness of aerial combat.— Norman Cousins
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informal
: an extremely or amazingly good or impressive quality
… is only 19—a girl given to bursting into the theme song from The Wonder Years during conversations and rhapsodizing about … the "awesomeness" of brown sugar …— Matt Tyrnauer The rapper's followup to 2016 critical darling and commercial smash-hit, To Pimp A Butterfly, consists of 14 tracks of pure Kendrick awesomeness.— Carolyn L. Todd "I did want to congratulate you all on this phenomenal new development. I think it's a crucial new step for the Circle and will mean a great deal to our overall awesomeness."— Dave Eggers
Examples of awesomeness in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
More all-time NFL awesomeness: The 100 best teams in league history: 1972 Miami Dolphins. — USA TODAY, "Seems the Raiders might be fed up with the Antonio Brown experience," 19 Aug. 2019 On Twitter, for example, 250,000 follow the account Keanu Doing Things, while on Reddit, 300,000 people are devoted to celebrating his general awesomeness. — Aja Romano, Vox, "Keanu Reeves, explained," 16 Aug. 2019 Meghan Markle is a strong, beautiful, amazing woman and, unsurprisingly, there are plenty of people out there who are trying to take advantage of (and profit from) that innate awesomeness. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "Meghan Markle Is Battling Scammers Who Claim She's Using Weight Loss Supplements to Lose Baby Weight," 11 Aug. 2019 Brentwood houses the first Pizzana; a new location recently opened in West Hollywood and matches the original’s awesomeness. — Bill Addison, latimes.com, "6 great pizza places in Los Angeles," 13 July 2019 So here are seven ways to enjoy the heck out of the Bay Area and beyond, from alfresco awesomeness to S.F. Pride Weekend to a rock star named Hootie. — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, "7 awesome Bay Area things to do this weekend, June 28-30," 27 June 2019 The traditional house bun is swapped out for two, thick buttery slices of Texas toast, adding an extra layer of awesomeness to this special offering. — Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, "52 Weeks of Burgers: Charlie Brown’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill," 28 June 2019 There was plenty of awesomeness to go around on this Father's Day. — Tim Dahlberg, chicagotribune.com, "‘You got this!’ The story behind Amy and the U.S. Open champion," 17 June 2019 There was plenty of awesomeness to go around on this Father’s Day. — Tim Dahlberg, The Denver Post, "Dahlberg: You got this! Amy and U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland," 17 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'awesomeness.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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