Awesome meaning in English

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Definition

awesome: striking, impressive, stunning, wonderful, amazing adjective

Examples

  • "In an unlikely turn of events, an American tourist has peacefully overthrown the Peacenikland government and crowned himself "King and all-round awesome leader" of the country."
  • "Kiwi : There's gonna be an awesome barbie at Dave's place tonight."
  • "During my travels, however, I realized something: Although I'm an awesome person, my place is here, at the Delavigne Corporation."
  • "Answer A: That would be awesome."
  • "Philip : That was awesome Lucky!"
  • "I am your new king, and generally awesome human being, Philip Cheeter."
  • "Timmy: Wow, it's awesome!"
  • "Timmy: Wow, it's awesome!"
  • "A land of awesome dudes"
  • "That was awesome, man!"
  • "Sheep are awesome!"
  • "Brian : Sigourney, you were awesome."
  • "That was awesome man!"
Exercise 1
"Sigourney, you were awesome."

Which of the following adjectives could replace "awesome" in this context? There may be more than one correct answer!
"Sigourney, you were awesome."

Which of the following adjectives could replace "awesome" in this context? There may be more than one correct answer!
This is correct. "Wonderful" shares the same meaning as "awesome". When Brian says that Sigourney was "awesome" he is implying that she played extremely well in the dodgeball tournament.
This is incorrect. "Terrible" always has a negative connotation in English, and while it is sometimes synonymous with "awesome" (as in the example, "an awesome and terrible storm hit the city"), Brian uses "awesome" in a positive way to say that Sigourney played extremely well.
This is incorrect. "Shocking" always has a negative connotation in English and means "very bad", for example: My performance in the race was shocking, I finished last. Brian is actually describing Sigourney's performance in the dodgeball tournament as extremely good.
This is correct. "Great" shares the same meaning as "awesome". When Brian says that Sigourney was "awesome" he is implying that she played extremely well in the dodgeball tournament.
This is incorrect. "Cute" cannot be used to describe the nature of Sigourney's performance in the dodgeball tournament. To call someone "cute" is to describe them as being physically attractive. In other contexts, to have "awesome" looks is to be extremely attractive, but this is not the idea that Brian is expressing here.
This is correct. "Amazing" is synonymous with "awesome". When Brian says that Sigourney was "awesome" he is implying that she played extremely well in the dodgeball tournament.

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