If you describe someone or something as awe-inspiring, you are emphasizing that you think that they are remarkable and amazing, although sometimes rather frightening.
"New York is an amazing city""the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight""the awesome complexity of the universe""this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath"- Melville"Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent"