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BREATHTAKING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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breathtaking

[ breth-tey-king ]

adjective

  1. thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like:

    a breathtaking performance.



breathtaking

/ ˈbrɛθˌteɪkɪŋ /

adjective

  1. causing awe or excitement

    a breathtaking view

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈbreathˌtakingly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • breathtaking·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of breathtaking1

First recorded in 1875–80; breath + take + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

And that’s how it goes this awful week in western Los Angeles, normally a dreamscape of gorgeous beaches and breathtaking sunsets.

Luke Littler, the runner-up last year, came into this year's PDC World Championship as the favourite and left having won it in dominant and breathtaking fashion.

From BBC

What’s more, these films are well-made and efficiently question the state of our world without ever losing their breathtaking momentum.

From Salon

Reaves was everything from reckless to breathtaking against the team with the best record in the NBA, committing three turnovers in the first six minutes but finishing with 35 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds.

And Rundell maintains that there are things we can still do to save these magical, breathtaking creatures: Vote, invest carefully, protest, educate, consume less, refuse to give in to “half-baked nihilism.”

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