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[ stoo-pen-duhs, styoo- ] / stuˈpɛn dəs, styu- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stupendous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecausing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news. amazingly large or great; immense: a stupendous mass of information. Origin of stupendous1965–70; <Latin stupendus, gerund of stupēre to be stunned; see -ous SYNONYMS FOR stupendous1 extraordinary. 2 colossal, vast, gigantic, prodigious. SEE SYNONYMS FOR stupendous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM stupendousstu·pen·dous·ly, adverbstu·pen·dous·ness, nounWords nearby stupendousstupe, stupefacient, stupefaction, stupefactive, stupefy, stupendous, stupid, stupidity, stupor, Sturbridge, sturdy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stupendousEven though it was obvious that I wasn’t going to produce anything stupendous on the day, I was still able to accelerate on the downhills. The Eternal Magic of Van Cortlandt Park|Martin Fritz Huber|September 28, 2020|Outside Online The film is stupendous art, but it owes much to a priceless piece of document. The ‘12 Years a Slave’ Book Shows Slavery As Even More Appalling Than In the Film|Jimmy So|October 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST On that stupendous pile, he paid a tax rate which struck people as absurdly low. Is Demography Destiny?|Megan McArdle|November 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST It was to protect this stupendous asset that the South went to war. David's Book Club 1861: The Civil War Awakening|David Frum|February 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The question remains: can you call yourself a success if results are respectable rather than stupendous. Your Week: What the Stars Predict|Starsky + Cox|August 28, 2011|DAILY BEAST Two disparate articles leading to one stupendous solution to our national debt problem. How to Make a $50 Bill Worth Millions|Barry Levinson|March 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST The control of this stupendous community resource entails grave responsibilities. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress|Various A man in his position possesses opportunities for evil so stupendous that as I read the warning I sat aghast. In Kings' Byways|Stanley J. Weyman Whitney's notable invention of the cotton gin in 1793 had given a stupendous impetus to cotton growing in the Southern States. History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I|Myers Gustavus But all through the night I saw him again, and marvelled at the stupendous absurdity of such a death. The Passionate Friends|Herbert George Wells Compared with these stupendous figures, 6,000 years of our planet sink into nothingness. Sermons Preached at Brighton|Frederick W. Robertson
British Dictionary definitions for stupendous
adjectiveastounding, wonderful, huge, etc Derived forms of stupendousstupendously, adverbstupendousness, nounWord Origin for stupendousC17: from Latin stupēre to be amazed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stupendousastonishing, astounding, breathtaking, colossal, enormous, fabulous, fantastic, fat, gigantic, great, huge, marvelous, mind-blowing, mind-boggling, miraculous, monster, monumental, overwhelming, phenomenal, prodigious |