Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Inspiring or exciting: a breathtaking view; a breathtaking ride.
- adj. Astonishing; astounding: breathtaking insensitivity.
Wiktionary
- adj. stunningly beautiful; amazing
- adj. Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
Examples
“On the series Valentine can be seen visiting Llangennith Beach on the Gower and Llansteffan Beach, south of Carmarthen, both of which he describes as "breathtaking".”
“Instead, the eccentric hip-hop legend settled for taking in what he called the breathtaking views of a location he always dreamed of seeing.”
“Most of all, the book traces in breathtaking detail FDRs revolutionary efforts with his New Deal legislation to transform the American political economy in order to save it, his forcefuland cageyleadership before and during World War II, and his lasting legacy in creating the foundations of the postwar international order.”
“Obama has engaged in breathtaking demogoguery of the insurance companies.”
“You can wonder and doubt whether or not that the world of books and papers that contain breathtaking physical ideas and mathematical beauty can really hold a candle to the world of a social life and deep interpersonal connection.”
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“i have read your posts on this site and i can only say that your breathtaking is stupid. please stop at once.”
“In the recent retrospective of Nan Kempner’s wardrobe at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, the late socialite’s closet was re-created in breathtaking detail — all 354 jackets and 362 sweaters — but her surprisingly undistinguished collection of handbags was relegated to a high shelf and mostly hidden.”
“In ruling that intelligent design had no business being taught in public school science classes, Judge Jones referred to the "breathtaking inanity" of the Dover Area School Board.”
“Last May, I wrote about the NSA's secret domestic spying program, the existence of which the Bush administration would just as soon have kept completely quiet, but couldn't: ...the President authorized the National Security Agency NSA to undertake what can only be described as a breathtaking and unprecedented operation involving domestic intelligence-gathering that targeted the telephone records of millions upon millions of unsuspecting American citizens.”
“With this news just breaking, Hilary Benn appeared on Newsnight to defend Blair in what can only be described as a breathtaking performance.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘breathtaking’.
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bbc uk china vocab.
conservationists, estimate, threats, infertility, eating away at, endangered, furry, panel, in trouble, gongs, triumphed, caps and 1007 more...
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Beautiful and Ugly
Beautiful, attractive, well-formed
Ugly, unattractive, malformedadorable, alluring, angelic, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beaming, beauteous, beautiful, becoming, beguiling, bewitching and 180 more...
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Unknown
coalition, cabinet, tweet, defuse, steep, ancestral, mindset, breach, infraction, egregious, curb, backbite and 282 more...
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Sardanapalian
sardanapalian, villain, breathe, legion, melt, death, juliet, dying, endless, breathtaking, devil, vis-à-vis and 13 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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describe me
charming, afectionate, addictive, selfless, patience, drastic, fond, light-heeled, fragrant, delicate, care-free, natural and 95 more...
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thegirlnextfloor's list
autumnal, avalanche, silhouette, antique, abysmal, scorch, sonic, surge, symmetry, whisper, penchant, dissipate and 349 more...
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fliti's Words
panache, mushaboom, aubergine, serpentine, glimpse, schadenfreude, syzygy, plethora, zeitgeist, defenestrate, callipygian, ubiquitous and 239 more...
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Love
A general collection of the sort of words that make me happy when I hear or read them in everyday conversation and writing.
velleities, discombobulated, boggle, breathtaking, enchanting, siren, luscious, moment, fiasco, delirium, darling, ethereal and 215 more...
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TT1 Lesson 11
parkway, ridge, overlook, view, breathtaking, distance, waterfall, valley, trail, hike, hiking, hiker and 17 more...
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MEC4 Lesson 156
accompany, process, high gear, trip, veritable, float, port, motorboat, hydroplane, on board, exhilarating, caress and 48 more...
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Quick + Random
woodsy, rustic, joyous, simple, elegant, breathtaking, unforgettable, adventuresome, souls, snarky, autumnal, splendid and 63 more...
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Tay!'s list
Words that I love!
tipsy, intertwine, jazz, conundrum, breathtaking, aesthetic, alabaster, circumambulate, soliloquy, apple, fresh, freckly and 37 more...
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remind me of Lia
wonderful, funny, altruistic, sweet, stunning, tender, dreamy, breathtaking, smitten
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B words
words that start with b
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