The flow of information is such that now one stunning news follows another. Only somewhere there something happened, right there is known to all Internet users. Is it possible to be proud of this, it is not clear, but it is impossible to just brush it aside. And today we are considering the adjective “breathtaking”, this promises us an interesting journey into the world of words.
Value
Naturally, the object of research causes two persistent associations-phrases - “breathtaking woman” and “breathtaking news”. Moreover, in the first case, the characteristic is almost always positive, and in the second it can be this way and that. Someone promoted? Amazing news! Did someone suddenly die? Similarly. The pole of emotions is determined by the context and the speaker.
However, it is time to move on to the meaning of the word "breathtaking": "extraordinary in strength, degree, extraordinary."
This is interesting. The phrase "clouding of the mind" usually does not have any positive meaning, no matter in what context it is used, and an adjective very similar to it can mean something impressive or something depressing. Such are the riddles of the Russian language.
Surprise and power
It is also interesting that it distinguishes events from the general series and allows them to be breathtaking. It is also worth considering. The hypothesis is this: in order for an event to become extraordinary in the strength of its effect, there is little transcendental energy. Surprise is also needed. When, for example, it concerns physical phenomena, then, naturally, one can do without intrigue. But now people rarely say: "The machine develops a breathtaking speed!" Now more and more our brethren are preoccupied with the information flow, which does not weaken and does not decrease. Since the consumer is already quite fed up, unexpected plot twists of real life are needed to make people at least a little interesting. The soul requires a breathtaking, it is a fact.
Hence, unexpectedness grows as a necessary element of the mind-blowing news. Actually, it has always been like this, the love of an ordinary citizen for "fried" facts, gossip and rumors is truly incredible. And the creative elite sometimes does not disdain this. In other words, nothing human is alien to her. The need for gossip of an almost metaphysical nature, as I. A. Brodsky said.
Synonyms
After we clarified the question of what is "breathtaking", we can proceed to replace the object of study. Synonyms have a beneficial effect on a person’s vocabulary and increase their level of self-confidence. Let's look at the list:
- stunning
- unexpected;
- intriguing
- amazing
- astounding.
When the adjective “breathtaking” is not what the context needs, the object of study can easily be replaced with the words above.