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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
awe-inspiring is an adjective meaning "inspiring awe or admiration or wonder". It carries one recorded sense.
inspiring awe or admiration or wonder
“New York is an amazing city”
“the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight”
“the awesome complexity of the universe”
“this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath”
“Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for awe-inspiring come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.