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awe·some

/ˈôsəm/

adjective

adjective: awesome


 * 1) extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration, apprehension, or fear.  "the awesome power of the atomic bomb"  Similar:  breathtaking  amazing  stunning  astounding  astonishing  awe-inspiring  stupendous  staggering  extraordinary  incredible  unbelievable  magnificent  wonderful  spectacular  remarkable  phenomenal  prodigious  miraculous  sublime  formidable  imposing  impressive  mind-boggling  mind-blowing  out of this world  amazeballs  badass  wondrous  awful
 * 2) * INFORMAL extremely good; excellent.  "the band is truly awesome!"

adverb

INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN

adverb: awesome


 * 1) extremely well; excellently.  "my yearly review went awesome"

Origin

late 16th century (in the sense ‘filled with awe’): from awe + -some1.

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hand·some

/ˈhan(t)səm/

adjective

adjective: handsome; comparative adjective: handsomer; superlative adjective: handsomest


 * 1) 1.  (of a man) good-looking.  Similar:  good-looking  nice-looking  attractive  personable  striking  stunning  fine  well proportioned  well formed  hunky  dishy  hot  gorgeous  drop-dead gorgeous  tasty  fanciable  knockout  fit  cute  spunky  sightly  Opposite:  ugly
 * 2) * (of a woman) striking and imposing in good looks rather than conventionally pretty. Similar:  striking  imposing  prepossessing  elegant  stately  dignified  statuesque  good-looking  nice-looking  attractive  personable  Opposite:  plain
 * 3) * (of a thing) well made, imposing, and of obvious quality. "handsome cookbooks"
 * 4) 2.  (of a number, sum of money, or margin) substantial.  "elected by a handsome majority"  Similar:  substantial  considerable  sizeable  large  big  ample  abundant  bumper  plentiful  generous  lavish  liberal  bountiful  princely  bonny  tidy  whopping  whopping great  thumping  thumping great  kingly  not to be sneezed at  whacking  whacking great  ginormous  plenteous  bounteous  Opposite:  meager

Phrases

handsome is as handsome does — character and behavior are more important than appearance.