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
- coffee bean
- coffee break
- coffee cake
- coffee-coloured
- coffee culture
- coffee cup
- coffee essence
- coffee grinder
- coffee house
- coffee klatch
- coffee klatsch
- coffee maker
- coffee mill
- coffee morning
- coffee palace
- coffee pot
- coffee shop
- coffee table
- coffee-table book
- coffee whitener
- coffer
- cofferdam
- coffered
- cofferer
- coffin