—used to express strong feeling (such as pleasure or surprise)
wowed; wowing; wows
: to excite to enthusiastic admiration or approval
a performance that wowed the critics
: a distortion in reproduced sound consisting of a slow rise and fall of pitch caused by speed variation in the reproducing system
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Verb
Her performance wowed the critics.
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John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The album didn’t wow many rock critics at the time.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
From the spiritual ideology of Abramovic to the wow factor of the infinity LED mirror room in the basement, Moco’s strategy to embrace a younger audience ensures a gallery that is easy to navigate and unashamedly populist.
—Emma Baxter-Wright, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
But, not before one of her two final suitors would wow her family, and the other would be sent home early, blindsided and heartbroken.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
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Interjection
Oh wow, not again… Traveling back in time, as late as 2002 Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) could claim 94 percent of the web browser market.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The album didn’t wow many rock critics at the time.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
For Every Type Of Traveler 01 of 20 Molly's Knob
The Molly's Knob overlook at Hungry Mother State Park in Marion wows with one of the most breathtaking vistas in the entire state.
—Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
From the spiritual ideology of Abramovic to the wow factor of the infinity LED mirror room in the basement, Moco’s strategy to embrace a younger audience ensures a gallery that is easy to navigate and unashamedly populist.
—Emma Baxter-Wright, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
An Irish actor who’s wowed audiences with delicate, intimate performances in Normal People, Aftersun, and All of Us Strangers, and who’s already inspired numerous Reddit threads devoted to his thighs, Mescal is given a chance to step up as an old-school, matinee-idol leading man here.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024
But, not before one of her two final suitors would wow her family, and the other would be sent home early, blindsided and heartbroken.
—Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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