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Of great or ominous significance

Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress

Inspiring astonishment or wonder

Of great importance or significance, especially in having a bearing on future events

Having or showing impressive beauty or scale

Foretelling or predictive of the future

Formal and dignified in nature

Causing surprising negative emotions

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

Holding one's attention

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Adjective

Of great or ominous significance

prognosticatory

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

prognosticative

suggestive of evil

fire-and-brimstone

counterproductive

life-threatening

evil-intentioned

environmentally unfriendly

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Adjective

Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

high and mighty

high-and-mighty

swollen with pride

self-opinionated

hyperventilated

full of hot air

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“Music that has a megalomaniac quality, that creates a portentous grandiosity without much in the way of inner self-reflexivity.”

Adjective

Inspiring astonishment or wonder

out of this world

out-of-this-world

state-of-the-art

like a dream come true

envigorating^UK

invigorating^US

out of the ordinary

incomprehensible

difficult to believe

surpassing belief

beyond one's wildest dreams

beyond the realm of reason

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

too good to be true

top-of-the-line

never to be forgotten

top-of-the-range

better than expected

of the highest quality

of the highest standard

of high quality

top of the line

top of the range

beyond description

weird and wonderful

super-excellent

off beaten path

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Adjective

Of great importance or significance, especially in having a bearing on future events

earth-shattering

world-shattering

of significance

of great consequence

of great importance

of great import

no laughing matter

of great moment

of vital importance

extremely important

vitally important

worthy of attention

carrying a lot of weight

matter of life and death

of the utmost importance

out of the ordinary

never to be forgotten

meat-and-potatoes

across-the-board

not to be forgotten

recognizable^US

all-encompassing

distinguishable

ground-breaking

recognisable^UK

fixed in the mind

out of this world

attention-grabbing

earthshattering

business-critical

mission-critical

uncharacteristic

name-of-the-game

hanging by thread

at the heart of

stamped on your memory

in the ascendancy

well thought of

intercontinental

of high standing

of particular interest

encyclopedic^US

worthy of mention

worth mentioning

worth taking a look at

written all over one

interdisciplinary

encyclopaedic^UK

multidisciplinary

across the board

cross-disciplinary

most influential

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Adjective

Having or showing impressive beauty or scale

out of this world

highly regarded

like a dream come true

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

out of the ordinary

bigger than life

self-respecting

larger-than-life

well-proportioned

tall and dignified

well thought of

of high standing

too good to be true

one for the book

something to write home about

top-of-the-line

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Adjective

Foretelling or predictive of the future

Adjective

Formal and dignified in nature

prim and proper

for use in church

stick-in-the-mud

of the old school

self-respecting

schoolmistressy

holier-than-thou

politically correct

goody two-shoes

undemonstrative

uncommunicative

keeping people at arm's length

goody-two-shoes

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Adjective

Causing surprising negative emotions

Adjective

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

in the doldrums

looking on the black side

poverty-stricken

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Adjective

Holding one's attention

attention-grabbing

thought-provoking

out of the ordinary

envigorating^UK

invigorating^US

very interesting

monopolizing^US

monopolising^UK

pulchritudinous

highly coloured

easy on the eye

as pretty as a picture

totally absorbing

picture-perfect

drop-dead gorgeous

to one's liking

giving one food for thought

full of character

sexually arousing

sexually exciting

sexually stimulating

bright-coloured

brightly coloured^UK

brightly colored^US

looking like an explosion in a paint factory

like an explosion in a paint factory

out of this world

drawing attention

sexually attractive

easy on the eyes

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

larger than life

strong in character

full of personality

aesthetically pleasing

too good to be true

extremely attractive

like a dream come true

super-excellent

very attractive

greatly to one's liking

very pleasurable

looking like a million

as pure as the driven snow

pleasant-tasting

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