| Pronunciation: | stoo'pendus | ||
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| Matching Terms: | stupendously | ||
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| Definition: | [adj] 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" | ||
| Synonyms: | big, colossal, large, prodigious | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Stu*pen"dous\, a. [L. stupendus astonishing, p.
future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. {Stupid}.]
Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in
magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. ``A stupendous
sum.'' --Macaulay.
All are but parts of one stupendous whole. --Pope.
-- {Stu*pen"dous*ly}, adv. -- {Stu*pen"dous*ness}, n.
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