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awesome  

  
An awesome person or thing is very impressive and often frightening.      adj   usu ADJ n  
...the awesome responsibility of sending men into combat.     
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awesome     
alarming, amazing, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awful, breathtaking, daunting, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightening, horrible, horrifying, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, majestic, overwhelming, redoubtable, shocking, solemn, striking, stunning, stupefying, terrible, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous     (archaic or literary)  

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