What does BREATHTAKING mean?

Definitions for BREATHTAKING
ˈbrɛθˌteɪ kɪŋbreath·tak·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. breathless, breathtakingadjective

    tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

    "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure"

Wiktionary

  1. breathtakingadjective

    stunningly beautiful; amazing

    He went to the Grand Canyon and spent a week taking in the breathtaking scenery all around him.

  2. breathtakingadjective

    Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.

    breathtaking beauty/stupidity/rudeness

ChatGPT

  1. breathtaking

    Breathtaking refers to something that is extremely beautiful, impressive, astonishing, or awe-inspiring to such a degree that it may provoke a deep emotional reaction, like a gasp or an overwhelming sense of wonder. The term is often used to describe natural landscapes, artistic works, performances, or any extraordinary feat or occurrence.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of BREATHTAKING in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of BREATHTAKING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of BREATHTAKING in a Sentence

  1. anonymous:

    How come the most natural things in the world are the most difficult to come by....it is the most natural,beautiful, self-enhancing and intoxicatingly breathtaking acts of nature that we humans take for granted at times-as our complexities and complicated human minds do not allow us to act as naturally as we were born to,but turn peace into war,love into suffering,pleasure into pain and the natural into the forgotten!

  2. Annie Schulhof:

    Her performance is breathtaking and so nuanced and heartbreaking. She is one of our most consummate actresses.

  3. Jay Rosenstein:

    It gives directors a place to go to capture the emotion of the game, and obviously the sound. The volume brings it across to the people at home that this is something breathtaking.

  4. Joe Biden:

    The Democratic Party has an obligation bigger than to The Democratic Party now. This is about more than Democrats, the party has to be bigger than its own interests. We have to unite the country because we're in a position if we don't, no one else is going to fill the world vacuum. If we do, we can make changes that are going to be breathtaking.

  5. Davitt McAteer:

    It’s breathtaking in its scope.

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