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Definition of Awe-inspiring
1. Adjective. Inspiring awe or admiration or wonder. "Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"
Definition of Awe-inspiring
1. Adjective. Inspiring awe; awesome. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of awe-inspire) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Awe-inspiring
Literary usage of Awe-inspiring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... or Derbyshire into a part of Ireland. south, where the coast-line is tamer
and the country more pastoral than wild and awe-inspiring. ..."
2. The Voyage of the 'Discovery' by Robert Falcon Scott (1905)
"... Summit—The Upper Glacier—A Week in Camp —We Break Away and Reach the Summit—Hard
Conditions—Patty Divided—Eight Days Onward—An awe-inspiring Plain—We ..."
3. Gold Fields of the Klondike: And the Wonders of Alaska by Ernest Ingersoll (1897)
"... I ^ 'i ; 1 CHAPTER ALASKAS SILENT Auroral Display During August—Awe-Inspiring —The
Most Famous Mirage Anywhere t«-> ..."
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