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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
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 [kəˈlɒsəl] adj [amount, scale] → colossal(e); [mistake] → monumental(e); [waste, failure] → colossal(e); [blow, damage] → énorme 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 庞大的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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