stupendous

  • 11stupendous — adjective 1) stupendous achievements Syn: amazing, astounding, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, phenomenal, staggering, breathtaking; informal fantastic, mind boggling, awesome; literary wondrous Ant: ordinary 2) …

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  • 12stupendous — stu|pen|dous [stju:ˈpendəs US stu: ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: stupendus, from stupere; STUPID1] surprisingly large or impressive = ↑magnificent ▪ a stupendous achievement >stupendously adv …

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  • 13stupendous — stu|pen|dous [ stu pendəs ] adjective very impressive, large, or surprising: a stupendous palace/view …

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  • 14stupendous — adjective surprisingly large or impressive: a stupendous achievement stupendously adverb …

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  • 15stupendous — UK [stjuːˈpendəs] / US [stuˈpendəs] adjective very impressive, large, or surprising a stupendous palace/view/film …

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  • 16stupendous — /stjuˈpɛndəs / (say styooh penduhs) adjective 1. such as to cause amazement; astounding; marvellous. 2. amazingly large or great; immense: a stupendous mass of information. {Latin stupendus, gerundive, to be wondered at} –stupendously, adverb… …

  • 17stupendous — adj. amazing or prodigious, esp. in terms of size or degree (a stupendous achievement). Derivatives: stupendously adv. stupendousness n. Etymology: L stupendus gerundive of stupere be amazed at …

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  • 18stupendous — adjective Etymology: Latin stupendus, gerundive of stupēre Date: 1640 1. causing astonishment or wonder ; awesome, marvelous 2. of amazing size or greatness ; tremendous Synonyms: see monstrous • stupendously adverb …

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  • 19stupendous — Synonyms and related words: Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, abysmal, amazing, amplitudinous, astonishing, astounding, astronomic, astronomical, awesome, beguiling, bewildering, boundless, bulky, colossal,… …

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  • 20stupendous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prodigious, enormous, astounding, amazing, wonderful, immense, vast, colossal, overwhelming. See wonder. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. breathtaking, marvelous, miraculous; see grand 2 . III (Roget s 3 …

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