breathtaking

adj
/ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/US

Etymology

From breath + taking.

Definitions

  1. stunningly beautiful

    stunningly beautiful; amazing

    • He went to the Grand Canyon and spent a week taking in the breathtaking scenery all around him.
  2. Very surprising or shocking

    Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.

    • breathtaking stupidity or rudeness
    • The network was established with breathtaking speed in the 1840s, when more than 250,000 navvies were furiously building our railways.

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