English-Swedish translations for breathtaking

• hisnande
  Den nya utmaning som EU just har tagit på sig är hisnande.The new challenge the European Union has just given itself is quite breathtaking.
  Inför en sådan hisnande arrogans kommer inte någon i gruppen Självständighet/Demokrati att rösta för den här kommissionen.In the face of such breathtaking arrogance, nobody in the Independence and Democracy Group will vote for this Commission.
  I nuläget står den moderna medicinen och dess hisnande framsteg och våra samhällens etiska grundprinciper i konflikt med varandra.We are currently in a situation of conflict between the breathtaking progress of modern medicine and the ethical foundations of our society.

Definition of breathtaking

• stunningly beautiful; amazing
• Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment

Examples

• He went to the [[w:Grand Canyon
• Grand Canyon]] and spent a week taking in the breathtaking scenery all around him
• breathtaking stupidity or rudeness

Related words

• breath
• breathe
• breathalyzer
• breathing
• breather
• breathalyze
• breathable
• breathless
• breathlessness