wowing

VERB

amuse, delight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

charm entertain

STRONG

cheer kill slay tickle

WEAK

bowl over break one up crack up go over big knock dead knock someone's socks off make laugh make roll in the aisles tickle pink tickle to death

Antonyms

STRONG

bear create give birth

Example Sentences

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In killing the video-generation app, the company’s priority is no longer wowing the media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

He has been on business trips with people who skied competitively in college or had jobs on resort ski-patrols as teenagers—backgrounds they didn’t mention before wowing colleagues with their hidden talents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

While The Last of Us was wowing audiences, the producers of Fallout were putting the finishing touches to the first season of their adaptation, one which took a different approach to its source material.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

The honoree’s career spans six decades, first wowing crowds during Eurovision Song contests in 1966 and 1967, where he gained recognition for his love-struck ballads “Yo Soy Aquél” and “Hablemos del Amor,” respectively.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

My mother was quiet at last, dabbing her nose with Kleenex while the minister talked: “I can just see her now, wowing the angels with her Chinese cooking and gung-ho attitude.”

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan