stupendous

[ stoo-pen-duhs, styoo- ]

/ stuˈpɛn dəs, styu- /

adjective

causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.

amazingly large or great; immense: a stupendous mass of information.

Nearby words

stupe, stupefacient, stupefaction, stupefactive, stupefy, stupendous, stupid, stupidity, stupor, sturbridge, sturdy

Origin of stupendous

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

SYNONYMS FOR stupendous

1 extraordinary.

2 colossal, vast, gigantic, prodigious.

Related forms

stu·pen·dous·ly, adverbstu·pen·dous·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for stupendously

The Daily Telegraph's Lisa Armstrong called the show a "stupendously vacuous enterprise."
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The brat stopped to breathe for a moment and a faintly human expression came over the stupendously smug little face.
Captain Macedoine's Daughter|William McFee
How stupendously wrong a Power which could count, and into a European War!
Raemaekers' Cartoons|Louis Raemaekers
Miss Nickall had had luck, but Audrey had to admit that these American girls were stupendously equal to an emergency.
The Lion's Share|E. Arnold Bennett

Shepler, whom he had known so long and so intimately, with never the audacious thought of a union so stupendously glorious!
The Spenders|Harry Leon Wilson
It would create a situation ironical beyond any, grotesque beyond belief; and its development should be stupendously interesting.
The Lion's Skin|Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for stupendously

stupendous

/ (stjuːˈpɛndəs) /

adjective

astounding, wonderful, huge, etc

Derived Forms

stupendously, adverbstupendousness, noun

Word Origin for stupendous

C17: from Latin stupēre to be amazed

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