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adjectiveextraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent. extraordinary in excellence: a tremendous movie. dreadful or awful, as in character or effect; exciting fear; frightening; terrifying. Origin of tremendousFirst recorded in 1625–35; from Latin tremendus “dreadful, to be shaken by,” equivalent to trem(ere) “to shake, quake” + -endus gerund suffix synonym study for tremendous1. See huge. OTHER WORDS FROM tremendoustre·men·dous·ly, adverbtre·men·dous·ness, nounun·tre·men·dous, adjectiveun·tre·men·dous·ly, adverb un·tre·men·dous·ness, noun Words nearby tremendoustremble, trembler, trembles, trembling poplar, trembly, tremendous, trémie, tremissis, tremolant, tremolite, tremolo Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tremendousGreat American leaders have long contributed profound thoughts of tremendous consequence to the public discourse. Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST “When I first met her I felt this tremendous surge of power,” he explained. Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST “The rape question was a tremendous blunder,” Doar later observed. Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era|Gary May|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is a tremendous find, not just because he discovered all these first veterans of our first war in a vacant lot. The Real-Life Raiders of the Lost Ark|Alex Belth|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Good Lie was filmed at a time of tremendous promise for South Sudan. ‘The Good Lie’ and the Hard Truths of South Sudan|John Prendergast|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST One bolt struck near with a tremendous shock and the air was driven in violent waves into the very mouth of the cave. The Keepers of the Trail|Joseph A. Altsheler Just then a tremendous broken sea was observed to be bearing down upon the already sluggish vessel. The Dreadnought of the Air|Percy F. Westerman We cannot escape this tremendous solidarity of the human race. Maids Wives and Bachelors|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr The few who are left after the tremendous volleys flee into the cornfield, towards the turnpike. Following the Flag|Charles Carleton Coffin Dear Mr. Sherringham has tremendous ambitions—tremendous riguardi, as we used to say in Italy. The Tragic Muse|Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for tremendous
adjectivevast; huge informal very exciting or unusual informal (intensifier)a tremendous help archaic terrible or dreadful Derived forms of tremendoustremendously, adverbtremendousness, nounWord Origin for tremendousC17: from Latin tremendus terrible, literally: that is to be trembled at, from tremere to quake 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 tremendousfantastic, colossal, awesome, marvelous, fabulous, formidable, dreadful, incredible, terrific, immense, amazing, wonderful, exceptional, astounding, great, extraordinary, excellent, prodigious, vast, enormous |