stupendous
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested from 1547, from Late Latin stupendus (“stunning, amazing”), from the verb stupeō (“(I) am stunned”). Doublet of stupend (which is obsolete), and related to stupor and stupid.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /stuˈpɛndəs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stjuˈpɛndəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛndəs
Adjective
[edit]stupendous (comparative more stupendous, superlative most stupendous)
- Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
- One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it.
- Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.
- The renovator created a stupendous new look for our house.
Synonyms
[edit]- colossal, enormous, huge, marvelous, prodigious, terrific, tremendous
- See also Thesaurus:large
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]astonishingly great or large
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of stunning excellence
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References
[edit]- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
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