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awing

UK/ˈɔː.ɪŋ/ uncommon

adjective

1.

inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

  • “New York is an amazing city”
  • “the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight”
  • “the awesome complexity of the universe”
  • “this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath” Melville
  • “Westminster Hall”
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Origin

From a- + wing.

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