breathtaking
breath·tak·ing
adjective \ˈbreth-ˌtā-kiŋ\Definition of BREATHTAKING
1
: making one out of breath
2
a : exciting, thrilling <a breathtaking race> b : very great : astonishing <his breathtaking ignorance>
— breath·tak·ing·ly \-kiŋ-lē\ adverb
Examples of BREATHTAKING
- The train raced past with breathtaking speed.
- They gave a breathtaking performance.
- The view of the mountains was breathtaking.
- a scene of breathtaking beauty
- The scope of the error is breathtaking.
First Known Use of BREATHTAKING
1877
Related to BREATHTAKING
- Synonyms
- exciting, charged, electric, electrifying, exhilarating, exhilarative, galvanic, galvanizing, hair-raising, heart-stopping, inspiring, intoxicating, kicky, mind-bending, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, rip-roaring, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling
- Antonyms
- unexciting
Rhymes with BREATHTAKING
backbreaking, bookmaking, caretaking, dressmaking, earthshaking, filmmaking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, heartbreaking, housebreaking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, leave-taking, lovemaking, mapmaking, matchmaking, mythmaking, noisemaking, pacemaking, painstaking, pathbreaking, peacemaking, phrasemaking, printmaking, snowmaking, stocktaking, strikebreaking, toolmaking, watchmaking, world-shaking
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