—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
Christian Allaire, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2024
Inside, the colossal entrance atrium wows visitors—plus, perforations in its walls and ceiling allowing sunlight to illuminate a huge statue of Ramses II (known himself to be one of Ancient Egypt’s most ambitious builders).
—Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024
David Strausser, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Cordless vacuums are notorious for having dinky batteries that die after a few minutes of cleaning, but one that wowed us with its lasting power is on sale at Amazon today.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 30 Oct. 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
The key here was taking classic formal details and elevating them—like how Selena Gomez’s black Vera Wang dress featured an oversized bow on the back delivering an instant wow factor.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2024
Inside, the colossal entrance atrium wows visitors—plus, perforations in its walls and ceiling allowing sunlight to illuminate a huge statue of Ramses II (known himself to be one of Ancient Egypt’s most ambitious builders).
—Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2024
Verb
This frees your team to focus on what humans do best: thinking strategically, solving problems and wowing customers.
—David Strausser, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Cordless vacuums are notorious for having dinky batteries that die after a few minutes of cleaning, but one that wowed us with its lasting power is on sale at Amazon today.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Wow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wow. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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