Stupendous

//stuˈpɛndəs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.

    "One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it."

  2. 2
    Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous.

    "The renovator created a stupendous new look for our house."

Adjective
  1. 1
    so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe wordnet

Synonyms

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prodigiousabysmalacceptableamazingamplitudinousastonishing

Example

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"Unbelievable cultural decline, stupendous ignorance, idealistic rubbish, and obscurantism find their strongest support among American reactionaries."

Etymology

First attested from 1547, from Late Latin stupendus (“stunning, amazing”), from the verb stupeō (“(I) am stunned”). Doublet of stupend (which is obsolete), and related to stupor and stupid.

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