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gargantuan [gɑːˈgæntjʊən] adj
(sometimes capital) huge; enormous Usage: Some people think that gargantuan should only be used to describe things connected with food: a gargantuan meal; his gargantuan appetite ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
gargantuan adjective huge, big, large, giant, massive, towering, vast, enormous, extensive, tremendous, immense, mega (slang), titanic, jumbo (informal), gigantic, monumental, monstrous, mammoth, colossal, mountainous, prodigious, stupendous, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, ginormous (informal), Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) a marketing event of gargantuan proportions little, small, minute, tiny, miniature, meagre, paltry, petite, puny, pygmy or pigmy Usage: Some people think that gargantuan should only be used to describe things connected with food: a gargantuan meal; his gargantuan appetite. Nevertheless, the word is now widely used as a synonym of colossal or massive. Translations gargantuan [gɑːˈgæntjʊən] adj (frm) → gargantuesco/a gargantuan [gɑːˈgæntjʊən] adj (frm) → gargantuesco/a 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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After the guests had gone, father threw himself into a chair and gave vent to roars of Gargantuan laughter. This imperfect sentence not being at all intelligible as a confession, but sounding like a Gargantuan order for a dram, brought him into new difficulties by occasioning his parent to pounce at him in a more than usually snappish manner, and to overwhelm him with bitter reproaches. |
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