| Main Entry: | breathtaking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, awesome |
Synonyms: |
amazing, astonishing, awe-inspiring, exciting, hair-raising, heart-stirring, heart-stopping, impressive, magnificent, moving, overwhelming, spine-tingling, stunning, thrilling |
Antonyms: |
disgusting, ugly |
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
Synonyms: |
agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful |
Antonyms: |
boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
| Main Entry: | gruesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, awful |
Synonyms: |
abominable, appalling, daunting, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, grody, gross*, hideous, horrendous, horrid, horrific, horrifying, loathsome, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, sick*, spine-tingling, terrible, terrifying, ugly, weird* |
| Notes: | grueling means characterized by physical effort to the point of exhaustion; gruesome means shockingly repellent, inspiring horror |
Antonyms: |
beautiful, pleasant, pretty |
| Main Entry: | hair-raising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing excitement |
Synonyms: |
bloodcurdling, breathtaking, chilling, cliff-hanging, electrifying, exciting, frightening, shocking, spine-chilling, spine-tingling, suspenseful, terrifying |
| Main Entry: | stimulating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting |
Synonyms: |
adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, rousing, spine-tingling, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating |
| Main Entry: | spine-tingling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scary |
Synonyms: |
electrifying, exciting, suspenseful, thrilling |
| Main Entry: | quickening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating |
Synonyms: |
adrenalizing, animating, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, rousing, spine-tingling, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating, vitalizing, vivifying |
| Main Entry: | reinvigorating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tonic |
Synonyms: |
adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarant, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, innerving, inspiring, interesting, intoxicating, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, refreshing, renewing, restorative, roborant, rousing, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating |
| Main Entry: | renewing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tonic |
Synonyms: |
adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarant, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, innerving, inspiring, interesting, intoxicating, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, refreshing, reinvigorating, restorative, roborant, rousing, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating |
| Main Entry: | roborant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tonic |
Synonyms: |
adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarant, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, innerving, inspiring, interesting, intoxicating, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, refreshing, reinvigorating, renewing, restorative, rousing, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating |