titanic
1- of or containing titanium, especially in the tetravalent state.
Origin of titanic
1titanic
2- (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Titans.
- Also titan. of enormous size, strength, power, etc.; gigantic.
Origin of titanic
2Titanic
- a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
Related Words for titanic
Brobdingnagian, Herculean, colossal, elephantine, enormous, epic, gargantuan, giant, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, towering, tremendous, vast, titan, larger-than-lifeExamples from the Web for titanic
Contemporary Examples of titanic
You know, James Cameron: the director of The Terminator, True Lies, Titanic, and Avatar, among other obscure movies.
And while I may have put a bunch of stunt guys in peril on Titanic, it was my ass in the sphere on the dive.
The American people largely thought him a crazy man in 1964, and of course he lost to Johnson by titanic proportions.
Titanic once bet $10,000 that Nick (the Greek) Dandolos, another high operator, would not sink a 25-foot putt.
Titanic once bet a peanut vendor $10 he could throw a peanut across Times Square in New York.
Historical Examples of titanic
It was possible to imagine anything when Nature was making a change so titanic.
Murder PointConingsby Dawson
And far away she saw the titanic clouds; but on the horizon, no sail.
Dr. SevierGeorge W. Cable
At which Uncle Ulick went off into a peal of Titanic laughter.
The Wild GeeseStanley John Weyman
And you know, the tinning of salmon was “progress” as much at least as the building of the Titanic.
Notes on Life and LettersJoseph Conrad
We've had heroic disregards but I think that here disregard was titanic.
The Book of the DamnedCharles Fort
titanic
1- of or containing titanium, esp in the tetravalent state
titanic
2- possessing or requiring colossal strengtha titanic battle
Titanic
- the Titanic a luxury British liner that struck an iceberg near Newfoundland on its maiden voyage on the night of April 14–15, 1912, with the loss of 1513 lives
Word Origin and History for titanic
Titanic
A British luxury ocean liner, thought to be unsinkable, which nevertheless sank on its first voyage in 1912 after running into an iceberg in the north Atlantic Ocean. More than fifteen hundred people drowned.