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awe-inspiring

adj
/ˈɔː ɪnˌspaɪɹɪŋ/UK/ˈoːɹɪnˌspaɪɹɪŋ//ˈɔ ɪnˌspaɪɹɪŋ/US

Definitions

  1. Inspiring awe

    Inspiring awe; awesome.

    • The Taj Mahal is an awe-inspiring sight.
    • There is nothing so terrifying or so awe-inspiring as the unknown. The more mysterious the phenomenon, the more feared on the one hand, or the more respected on the other. This truism survives even in these modern ultra-sophisticated days.

  2. present participle and gerund of awe-inspire

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at awe-inspiring. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at awe-inspiring. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at awe-inspiring

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA