Exceptionally great (in degree, intensity, amount, etc.), extreme. (Now tending to merge in sense A. 10.)

That overpasses (in various senses of the verb); †excessive, surpassing (obsolete).

Surpassing, pre-eminent; outstanding; extreme. Occasionally: excessive, very numerous. Obsolete (poetic in later use).

Chiefly attributive. Greatest in degree. As an intensive superlative: very great. Obsolete.

Going to great lengths; opposed to moderate. Of a quality, condition, or feeling: Existing in the utmost possible degree, or in an exceedingly high…

as a strong intensive (now colloquial): Excessive, immoderate. (Primarily of things objectionable, but often without such qualification. Cf. awful…

gen. Very or excessively great, strong, etc.; extreme.

Of strength, etc.: exerted to the full, sheer. Esp. in phrases: by (also with) main force; by (also †with) main strength; †by (also †with) main co…

colloquial. Superhuman, inhuman, excessive. Obsolete.

Carefully elaborated; brought to a high degree of perfection. Of qualities, dispositions, habits, whether good or bad: Cultivated to a high degree…

In intensive use: Very great or serious.

figurative. Of the highest quality, refined, exquisite; also, of very great degree, excessive, extreme, intense (cf. threefold, adj., treble, adj., t…

Very energetic or forcible, violent; hence as a mere intensive: Very great or big, excessive, immense, ‘tremendous’, ‘terrific’. colloquial or slang.

Chiefly colloquial. In later use often perceived as somewhat affected or dated; cf. sense B. Awful, fiendish, terrible; extremely bad or…

As an intensive, qualifying a word denoting something in itself bad, irksome, or undesirable: Grievous… As a vague intensive. Obsolete.

Excessive, ‘terrible’, ‘awful’. colloquial.

Very great; extreme.

In weakened sense as a mere intensive.

Used as a colloquial intensifier: very great, excessive, ‘tremendous’. Now rare (U.S. regional). Cf. sense A. 3.

In colloquial, regional, and slang uses. Extremely great, huge; extreme, excessive. Cf. deadly, adj. 8a. Now archaic or regional.

Of great size or intensity; excessive; very severe. Cf. tremendous, adj. 2a.

As an intensive: terrible, ‘damned’. Cf. all-fired, adj. adv. Now rare (chiefly U.S. in later use).

As an intensifier: great, extreme, excessive.

Of an immaterial or abstract thing: extraordinarily great; immense; tremendous. Cf. huge, adj. 1b.

colloquial (chiefly U.S.). A vague epithet denoting superlative quality; very big or powerful; hard to beat.

colloquial. In emphatic use. Cf. sense B. Used to emphasize the extent or amount of something, esp. in an awful lot: a very large amount, a great…

As an intensifier: terrible, extreme; confounded; = hell-fired, adj. 2.

Very harsh, severe, or painful; formidable; very difficult. Hence: (usually of something disapproved of) very great, extreme; excessive, extreme…

Irish English (northern). As an intensifier: excellent, good in quality or quantity. Also frequently quare and with a predicative adjective: very…

As an intensive: very great, extreme; esp. very unpleasant. colloquial (originally U.S.).

colloquial. As a general intensifier.

colloquial. Highly successful. Also as an intensifier: enormous; utter, absolute.

Used (often ironically) as an intensive; also used in the expression of surprise my giddy aunt (see aunt, n. phrases).

As a trivial emphasizer.

In predicative use (cf. rigid, adj. 1c): to an extreme degree, as to bore (scare,etc.) stiff.