Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

awesome sauce

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
awe-some sauce
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The essence of awesomeness; excellence.

Canadian usage; American usage; Dated; Uncountable

noun

Something which is awesome, cool or spectacular.

Canadian usage; American usage; Dated; Uncountable

noun

A vibrant, chaotic, and heavily meme-driven aesthetic from the late 2000s to early 2010s; characterized by surreal, random, and ironic humor; often pairs MS Paint-style graphics and 80s airbrush motifs with neon colors, space galaxies, cats, or junk food.

Uncountable

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see awesome, sauce.

Uncountable

adj

Awesome; excellent.

Canadian usage; American usage; Dated

Example Sentences

Etymology

From awesome + sauce. Usage of the term might be after earlier weaksauce.

Usage

Inflected Forms

awesome sauces (plural) awesome-sauce (alternative) awesomesauce (alternative) more awesome sauce (comparative) most awesome sauce (superlative)

Synonyms

Antonyms

Questions

What does awesome sauce mean?
The essence of awesomeness; excellence.
Where does awesome sauce come from?
From awesome + sauce. Usage of the term might be after earlier weaksauce.

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