1. The snow storm was an awesome (astonishing, amazing) sight today.

Awesome refers to something which is so impressive or overwhelming that it inspires a strong feeling of admiration or fear.

"We had an awesome task to complete."

"That erupting volcano was an awesome sight during our trip."

2. Many young people use awesome in an informal way to refer to something which is "extremely good, excellent, super, great" or "outstanding".

"We thought the movie was totally awesome."

"You did an awesome job on that project."