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breathtaking
adjective as in beautiful, awesome
Strongest matches
amazing, astonishing, exciting, hair-raising, heart-stopping, impressive, magnificent, stunning, thrilling
Weak matches
awe-inspiring, drop-dead, heart-stirring, moving, overwhelming, spine-tingling
Example Sentences
We explore historic and natural sights in Lisbon and nearby, including the breathtaking hills nestling the palaces of Sintra.
It’s a moment of breathtaking poise and mournful feeling, and it prepares us for what’s to come, when Ms. Huston delivers a monologue about a long-lost love with quiet, devastating force.
Some fans were supportive of the so-called queen of pop-rap, saying her "dance break was breathtaking" and describing her as "one of the greatest performers ever".
We were slowly making progress, but then a breathtaking tragedy took place.
According to one minister, the whole thing was "breathtaking self-indulgence" by No 10, looking inward at a time when the country desperately wants and needs a government that looks like "we get it".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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