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awesome

音節awe・some 発音記号/ˈɔːsəm/

【形容詞】

1 畏怖(_いふ)の念を起こさせる，荘厳な.

2 畏敬の念に満ちた，うやうやしい.

3 《米俗》 印象的な，すばらしい.

awesomely 【副詞】

awesomeness 【名詞】

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日本語WordNet(英和)

awesome

【形容詞】

1

連想させる畏れ、尊敬または驚き

(inspiring awe or admiration or wonder)

the awesome complexity of the universe 宇宙の驚くばかりの複雑さ

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awesome

恐るべし, 恐るべき, 畏るべき, 恐れ多い, 畏れ多い, おそれ多い, ど偉い

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awesome

畏怖の念を起こさせる

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Wiktionary英語版

awesome

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2013/06/16 22:11 UTC 版)

語源

Early Modern English 1590-1600, from awe +‎ -some. Compare 古期英語 eġeful (“fearful, inspiring awe”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɔːsəm/, X-SAMPA: /"O:s@m/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɔs.əm/, X-SAMPA: /"Os@m/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈɑs.əm/, X-SAMPA: /"As@m/

形容詞

awesome (comparative more awesome, superlative most awesome)

1. Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement.

   The waterfall in the middle of the rainforest was an awesome sight.

   The tsunami was awesome in its destructive power.

2. (colloquial) Excellent, exciting, remarkable.

   That was awesome!

   Awesome, dude!

使用する際の注意点

The oldest meaning of "awesome" is "something which inspires awe", but the word is also a common slang expression in English, originally from America. As the original meaning of awesome has become somewhat antiquated in general use, the term awe-inspiring is now generally used for the same meaning.

同意語

• (excellent): excellent, super, phenomenal, fantastic, terrific; wicked, bang-up, cool, sweet (スラング または くだけた用法); chur, cher (New Zealand)

派生語

• awesomely
• awesomeness
• awesomest

関連する語

• awe-inspiring
• awful

名詞

awesome (uncountable)

1. (Internet slang) The quality, state, or essence of being awesome or cool; awesomeness.
   • 2011, Gwen Hayes, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (2011), ISBN 9781609284619, page 6:

     Plus, her patent leather boots were made of awesome. They made her legs look longer and leaner.

   • 2011, Kevin Seccia, Punching Tom Hanks: Dropkicking Gorillas and Pummeling Zombified Ex-Presidents—A Guide to Beating Up Anything, St. Martin's Press (2011), ISBN 9780312643744, page 189:

     Swayze, of course, is the being of pure awesome who has by now conquered all of Heaven.

   • 2013, Carrie Jones, Captivate, Bloomsbury (2010), ISBN 9781599903422, page 150:

     “Your grandmother,” he mumbles into my hair as we cuddle on the couch, “is made of awesome.”

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see the citations page.

同意語

• awesome sauce (インターネット・スラング)

反意語

• fail (スラング), weaksauce (スラング)