humongous
/hjuːˈmʌŋɡəs
/(also humungous)
adjective informal, chiefly North American
Huge; enormous: a humongous steak...
- I think everyone will agree these are huge loses - humungous losses.
- Lots of people would sign up if they could grow a gigantic potato or a monstrous zucchini or a humungous tomato.
- The gigantic horse was a humongous black beast with flashing green eyes and a name to suit: Thunderhead.
Origin
1970s (originally US): possibly based on huge and monstrous, influenced by the stress pattern of stupendous.
Rhymes
- short sight
- short-sighted
- short-sightedly
- short-sightedness
- short-sleeved
- short-staffed
- short-stay
- shortstop
- short story
- short subject
- short suit
- short-tailed vole
- short temper
- short-tempered
- short tennis
- short-term
- short-termer
- short-termism
- short-term memory
- short time
- short-timer
- short title
- short ton
- short-track
- short trousers