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Awesome (window manager)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
"New York is an amazing city"
"The Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight"
"The awesome complexity of the universe"
"This sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville
"Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- 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.
- Excellent, exciting, remarkable.
- That was awesome!
- Awesome, dude!
Usage notes
The oldest meaning of "awesome" is "something which inspires awe", but the word is also a common slang expression in English. As the original meaning of awesome has become somewhat antiquated in general use, the term awe-inspiring is now generally used for the same meaning.