Colossal
/kəˈlɒsəl/ adj
adj ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Extremely large or on a great scale.
"A single puppy can make a colossal mess."
- 2 Amazingly spectacular; extraordinary; epic.
""It's just the very biggest thing that I ever heard of!" said I, though it was my journalistic rather than my scientific enthusiasm that was roused. "It is colossal. You are a Columbus of science who has discovered a lost world.""
Adjective
- 1 so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe wordnet
Example
More examples"There are colossal mountains in the north."
Etymology
From French colossal, formed from Latin colossus, from Ancient Greek κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”).