Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective So great in scope, degree, or importance as to amaze.
- adjective Extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous.
- adjective Remarkable; outstanding.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Causing stupor or astonishment; astounding; amazing; specifically, astonishing from greatness in extent or degree; of wonderful magnitude; immense; prodigious: as, a stupendous work of nature or art; a stupendous blunder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Astonishingly great or large;huge ;enormous . - adjective Of
stunning volume ,degree , orexcellence ;marvelous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
Etymologies
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Examples
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So stupendous is the potential, it could transform global energy politics and economics.
Americans (Sort of) Fracking Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2010
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And equally stupendous is the callousness of the people who believe in Christ, acknowledge
THE CHILDREN 2010
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Giap was a fine general but he had great troops willing and apparently eager to sustain stupendous hardships for long long periods, and a country behind him in which every citizen worked in essence 12 hours a day 7 days a week for 25 years, for no pay.
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And equally stupendous is the callousness of the people who believe in Christ, acknowledge
The Children 1903
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His poll numbers in the role have gone from being "stupendous" -- the description of one of his Labor opponents -- to just "very good".
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I've been a guest at a few of these and they are plain stupendous.
Boing Boing: December 3, 2006 - December 9, 2006 Archives 2006
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Efforts which might fairly be described as stupendous were put forth by the advocates of Kultur to win, if not the approval, at least the strict neutrality of
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Ceylon, of the remains of what may correctly be termed stupendous works; and the date of the construction of which, as regards India, is in many cases prehistoric.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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"When I passed by there this afternoon," said Corliss, "it recalled a stupendous conflict we had, once upon a time; but I couldn't remember the cause."
The Flirt Booth Tarkington 1907
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The philosophical mind would most naturally associate with it the idea of stupendous magnetic power.
New and Original Theories of the Great Physical Forces Henry Raymond Rogers 1861
oroboros commented on the word stupendous
I'm told that the words hazardous, horrendous, stupendous and tremendous are the only four words that end in 'dous' in the English language. Come on, Wordies, let's prove 'em wrong!
October 5, 2007
reesetee commented on the word stupendous
How about solipedous, schizopodous, rhizopodous, nefandous, ligniperdous...there are lots more!
November 17, 2007