humongous

hu·mon·gous

 (hyo͞o-mŏng′gəs, -mŭng′-) or hu·mun·gous (-mŭng′-)

adj. Slang

Extremely large; enormous: "humongous baked potatoes piled high with sour cream" (Boston Globe).

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[Perhaps blend of huge and monstrous or tremendous.]

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humongous

(ˌhjuːˈmʌŋɡəs) or

humungous

adj

exceptionally large; huge

[C20: of uncertain origin]

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hu•mon•gous

(hyuˈmʌŋ gəs, -ˈmɒŋ-; often yu-)

also humungous

adj. Slang.

extraordinarily large.

[1965–70, Amer.; expressive coinage, perhaps reflecting huge and monstrous, with stress pattern of tremendous]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

humongous - (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss" banging, thumping, walloping, whopping colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech 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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Translations

gigantischriesig

θεόρατος

enormegigante

énormegigantesque

disumanoenormegigantescomastodontico

enormgigantisch

гигантскийогромный

gigantisk

humongous

[hjuˈmɒŋgəs] ADJ she is such a humongous star → es una superestrella
we had a humongous row → tuvimos una pelea de órdago

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humongous

humungous [hjuːˈmʌŋgəs] adj → monstre

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humongous

adj (inf) → wahnsinnig groß (inf), → Riesen- (inf); she’s a humongous star → sie ist ein Riesenstar (inf); we had a humongous row → wir hatten einen Riesenkrach (inf)

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