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awe-inspiring
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awe-inspiring
adj
causing or worthy of admiration or respect; amazing or magnificent
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Adj.1.awe-inspiring - 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"
awesome, awing, amazing, awful
impressive - making a strong or vivid impression; "an impressive ceremony"
awe-inspiring
adjective impressive, striking, wonderful, amazing, stunning (informal), magnificent, astonishing, intimidating, awesome, daunting, breathtaking, fearsome, wondrous (archaic or literary), jaw-dropping, gee-whizz (slang) a museum with an awe-inspiring display of jewellery
flat, boring, dull, tame, bland, tedious, prosaic, uninspiring, humdrum, insipid, unimpressive, vapid
Translations
awe-inspiring
adj → Ehrfurcht gebietend
awe-inspiring [ˈɔːɪnˌspaɪərɪŋ] awesome [ˈɔːsəm] adj → imponente
awe-inspiring [ˈɔːɪnˌspaɪərɪŋ] awesome [ˈɔːsəm] adj → imponente


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The photography of camp landscapes, visual proof of the potential magnificence of nature's places, also remind us that awe-inspiringly beautiful landscapes can nonetheless be landscapes of imprisonment, places used to deny human freedoms.
Whispered Silences: Japanese Americans and World War II by Creighton, Millie / Pacific Affairs
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