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humongous
hu·mon·gous H0322800 (hyo͞o-mŏng′gəs, -mŭng′-) or hu·mun·gous (-mŭng′-)adj. Slang Extremely large; enormous: "humongous baked potatoes piled high with sour cream" (Boston Globe).
[Perhaps blend of huge and monstrous or tremendous.]humongous (ˌhjuːˈmʌŋɡəs) or humungousadjexceptionally large; huge[C20: of uncertain origin]hu•mon•gous (hyuˈmʌŋ gəs, -ˈmɒŋ-; often yu-) also humungous
adj. Slang. extraordinarily large. [1965–70, Amer.; expressive coinage, perhaps reflecting huge and monstrous, with stress pattern of tremendous] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  humongous - (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss"banging, thumping, walloping, whoppingcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechbig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
Translationshumongous
humongousExtremely large. Have you lost your mind? I can't drive that humongous van! Where am I supposed to put this humongous—not to mention hideous—painting from my mother-in-law?humongous (hjuˈmɑŋgəs) mod. huge. (see also mongo.) She lives in a humongous house on the hill. humongous
Synonyms for humongousadj (used informally) very largeSynonyms- banging
- thumping
- walloping
- whopping
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