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breathtaking
adjective breath·tak·ing \ˈbreth-ˌtā-kiŋ\
: very exciting
: very great or surprising
Full 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
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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
BREATHTAKING Defined for Kids
breathtaking
adjective breath·tak·ing \ˈbreth-ˌtā-kiŋ\
Definition of BREATHTAKING for Kids
: very exciting or beautiful
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