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colossal

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co·los·sal  (k-lsl)
adj.
Of a size, extent, or degree that elicits awe or taxes belief; immense. See Synonyms at enormous.

[French, from Latin colossus, colossus; see colossus.]

co·lossal·ly adv.

colossal [kəˈlɒsəl]
adj
1. of immense size; huge; gigantic
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (in figure sculpture) approximately twice life-size Compare heroic [7]
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Also giant Architect of or relating to the order of columns and pilasters that extend more than one storey in a façade
colossally  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.colossal - 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"

colossal
adjective huge, massive, vast, enormous, immense, titanic, gigantic, monumental, monstrous, mammoth, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, gargantuan, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), herculean, elephantine, ginormous (informal), humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) A colossal statue stands in the square. The task they face is colossal.
little, small, minute, average, tiny, ordinary, weak, slight, wee, miniature, diminutive, pygmy or pigmy
Translations
colossal [kəˈlɒsl] ADJcolosal, descomunal

colossal [kəˈlɒsəl] adj [amount, scale] → colossal(e); [mistake] → monumental(e); [waste, failure] → colossal(e); [blow, damage] → énorme

colossal
adjriesig, ungeheuer, gewaltig; fool, cheek, mistakeungeheuer; car, man, park, lake, cityriesig; prices, damage, building alsokolossal

colossal [kəˈlɒsl] adjcolossale
colossal [kəˈlɒsl] adjcolossale

colossal
adj colossal [kəˈlosəl]
very big; enormous a colossal increase in the price of books. kolos, reusagtig هائِل، طائِل колосален obrovský kolossal; kæmpemæssig enorm κολοσσιαίος colosal hiiglasuur عظیم الجثه؛ غول پیکر jättimäinen colossal עֲנָקִי दीर्घकाय, बहुत बड़ा golem, divovski óriási besar risastór colossale 巨大な 거대한 milžiniškas kolosāls; milzīgs sangat besar kolossaal kolossal, kjempestor olbrzymi astronómico colo­sal колоссальный ohromný ogromen gorostasan kolossal มหึมา çok büyük, dev gibi 龐大的 колосальний, величезний بہت بڑا ، عظیم khổng lồ


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There remained, then, only two possible solutions of the question, which created two distinct parties: on one side, those who were for a monster of colossal strength; on the other, those who were for a submarine vessel of enormous motive power.
There, upon huge pedestals of dark rock, sculptured with rude emblems of the Phallic worship, separated from each other by a distance of forty paces, and looking down the road which crossed some sixty miles of plain to Loo, were three colossal seated forms--two male and one female--each measuring about thirty feet from the crown of its head to the pedestal.
these gray stones - are they all - All of the famed, and the colossal left By the corrosive Hours to Fate and me?
 
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