stupendous

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).

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[From Late Latin stupendus, stunning, gerundive of Latin stupēre, to be stunned.]

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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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Thesaurus

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" colossal, prodigious 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)

2. huge, vast, enormous, mega (slang), gigantic, colossal a stupendous amount of money
huge tiny, diminutive, puny

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stupendous

adjective

1. So remarkable as to elicit disbelief:

amazing, astonishing, astounding, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, incredible, marvelous, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, unbelievable, wonderful, wondrous.

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

erstaunlichstupend

estupendo

énormefantastique

undraverîur; stórfenglegur

stupendo

とてつもない途轍もない

milzīgspārsteidzošs

çok büyükmuazzam

巨大的惊人的

stupendous

[stjuːˈpendəs] ADJ (= wonderful) → estupendo; (= extraordinary) → extraordinario

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

stupendous

[stjuːˈpɛndəs] adj → prodigieux/euse, fantastique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stupendous

adj → fantastisch, phantastisch; effort → enorm

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stupendous

[stjuːˈpɛndəs] adj (fam) (film, holiday) → stupendo/a, fantastico/a; (price) → altissimo/a; (mistake) → enorme

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stupendous

(stjuˈpendəs) adjective

astonishing or tremendous. verbasend مُذْهِل، مُدْهِش изумителен estupendo ohromující erstaunlich forbavsende; kolossal καταπληκτικόςestupendo, fantástico, maravilloso hämmastav عظيم suunnaton fantastique מַדהִים आश्चर्यजनक, विस्मयकारक, अतिविशाल, अत्यधिक, भद्दा izvanredan, čudesan óriási mengherankan undraverður; stórfenglegur stupendo; enorme 途方もない 엄청난 stulbinantis, milžiniškas pārsteidzošs; milzīgs menakjubkan verbijsterendoverveldende, kjempemessig, formidabelzdumiewający عظیم، لوی estupendo extraordinar, nemaipomenit колоссальный ohromujúci čudovit zapanjujući häpnadsväckande, otrolig น่าประหลาดใจ muazzam, çok büyük 巨大的，驚人的 дивовижний; величезний عظیم الشان kì diệu, lớn lao 巨大的，惊人的

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