stupendous
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stu·pen·dous
(sto͞o-pĕn′dəs, styo͞o-)adj.
1. So great in scope, degree, or importance as to amaze: a stupendous catastrophe.
2. Extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous: stupendous wealth; a stupendous waterfall.
3. Remarkable; outstanding: "Perhaps he had never possessed the necessary egoism, and was secretly relieved no longer having to be publicly stupendous" (Philip Roth).
[From Late Latin stupendus, stunning, gerundive of Latin stupēre, to be stunned.]
stu·pen′dous·ly adv.
stu·pen′dous·ness n.
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stupendous
(stjuːˈpɛndəs)adj
astounding, wonderful, huge, etc
[C17: from Latin stupēre to be amazed]
stuˈpendously adv
stuˈpendousness n
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stu•pen•dous
(stuˈpɛn dəs, styu-)adj.
1. causing amazement; astounding; marvelous.
2. amazingly large or great; immense.
[1965–70; < Latin stupendus, ger. of stupēre to be stunned; see -ous]
stu•pen′dous•ly, adv.
stu•pen′dous•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | stupendous - so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand" big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
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stupendous
adjective
1. wonderful, brilliant, amazing, stunning (informal), superb, overwhelming, fantastic (informal), tremendous (informal), fabulous (informal), surprising, staggering, marvellous, sensational (informal), breathtaking, phenomenal, astounding, prodigious, wondrous (archaic or literary), mind-boggling (informal), out of this world (informal), mind-blowing (informal), jaw-dropping, surpassing belief This stupendous novel keeps you gripped to the end.
wonderful average, ordinary, mediocre, unremarkable, unimpressive, modest, petty, unsurprising, unexciting, no great shakes (informal)
wonderful average, ordinary, mediocre, unremarkable, unimpressive, modest, petty, unsurprising, unexciting, no great shakes (informal)
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stupendous
adjective1. So remarkable as to elicit disbelief:
2. Of extraordinary size and power:
behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, titanic, tremendous, vast.
Informal: walloping.
Slang: whopping.
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Translations
مُذْهِل، مُدْهِش
ohromující
forbavsendekolossal
undraverîur; stórfenglegur
とてつもない途轍もない
milzīgspārsteidzošs
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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stupendous
adj → fantastisch, phantastisch; effort → enorm
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
stupendous
[stjuːˈpɛndəs] adj (fam) (film, holiday) → stupendo/a, fantastico/a; (price) → altissimo/a; (mistake) → enormeCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stupendous
(stjuˈpendəs) adjective astonishing or tremendous.
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