Synonyms

Brobdingnagian

American

[brob-ding-nag-ee-uhn] / ˌbrɒb dɪŋˈnæg i ən /

adjective

of huge size; gigantic; tremendous.

noun

an inhabitant of Brobdingnag.
a being of tremendous size; giant.

Brobdingnagian British

/ ˌbrɒbdɪŋˈnæɡɪən /

adjective

gigantic; huge; immense

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Etymology

Origin of Brobdingnagian

First recorded in 1725–30; Brobdingnag + -ian

Example Sentences

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Downstairs in the exhibition galleries is his related sculpture of a folding card-table and four metal chairs, rendered in not dissimilar Brobdingnagian proportions.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

The tile work crumbled from the Brobdingnagian pylons, but the square was alive.

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

“It was a Brobdingnagian grip-and-grin if there ever was one.”

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2018

They were like Giacometti giants in Brobdingnagian clothes as they moved around the room on massive platform boots.

From Washington Post • Feb. 19, 2016

Given passenger pigeons’ Brobdingnagian appetites for mast and maize, one would expect that Indians would also have hunted them and wanted to keep down their numbers.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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