stupendous

[stoo-pen-duh s, styoo-]

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adjective

causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
amazingly large or great; immense: a stupendous mass of information.

Origin of stupendous

1965–70; < Latin stupendus, gerund of stupēre to be stunned; see -ous

Related formsstu·pen·dous·ly, adverbstu·pen·dous·ness, noun

Synonyms

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1. extraordinary. 2. colossal, vast, gigantic, prodigious.

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Examples from the Web for stupendous

Contemporary Examples

The film is stupendous art, but it owes much to a priceless piece of document.
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October 18, 2013
On that stupendous pile, he paid a tax rate which struck people as absurdly low.
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November 7, 2012
Antony Polonsky's The Jews in Poland and Russia is a stupendous - almost crushing - work of scholarship.
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David Frum
September 26, 2012
It was to protect this stupendous asset that the South went to war.
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February 18, 2012
The question remains: can you call yourself a success if results are respectable rather than stupendous.
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Historical Examples

Travelers have differed in their measurements of this stupendous growth.
The Grand Old Man
Richard B. Cook
"Fairly bobbish, thank you," he answered, looking at her with stupendous gravity.
Roden's Corner
Henry Seton Merriman
For this thing that they had done was rather a stupendous thing.
Four Girls and a Compact
Annie Hamilton Donnell
A stupendous discovery or a pitiful figment of a lunatic brain!
Mountain Meditations
L. Lind-af-Hageby
They were—stupendous thought—living in a new world of matter!
The Heads of Apex
Francis Flagg

British Dictionary definitions for stupendous

stupendous

adjective

astounding, wonderful, huge, etc

Derived Formsstupendously, adverbstupendousness, noun

Word Origin

C17: from Latin stupēre to be amazed

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Word Origin and History for stupendous

adj.

1660s, earlier stupendious (1540s), from Late Latin stupendus "to be wondered at," gerundive form of Latin stupere "be stunned, be struck senseless" (see stupid).

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Synonyms

Examples from the Web for stupendous

Contemporary Examples

The film is stupendous art, but it owes much to a priceless piece of document.

On that stupendous pile, he paid a tax rate which struck people as absurdly low.

Antony Polonsky's The Jews in Poland and Russia is a stupendous - almost crushing - work of scholarship.

It was to protect this stupendous asset that the South went to war.

The question remains: can you call yourself a success if results are respectable rather than stupendous.

Historical Examples

Travelers have differed in their measurements of this stupendous growth.

"Fairly bobbish, thank you," he answered, looking at her with stupendous gravity.

For this thing that they had done was rather a stupendous thing.

A stupendous discovery or a pitiful figment of a lunatic brain!

They were—stupendous thought—living in a new world of matter!

stupendous

Word Origin

Word Origin and History for stupendous

adj.

Origin of stupendous