breathtaking
adj/ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/US
Etymology
From breath + taking.
Definitions
stunningly beautiful
stunningly beautiful; amazing
- He went to the Grand Canyon and spent a week taking in the breathtaking scenery all around him.
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.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for breathtaking. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA