tremendous
adjective
extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity.
tremendousness
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a word derived from
tremendous.
Example Sentences
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The tremendousness of his realization that he was in love with her frightened him, and yet he was gloriously happy.
From Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles by James H. Richardson
The strangeness and tremendousness of what was happening came over me very strongly whilst, in a large chamber with barred loopholes, I was throwing off the rags in which I had entered this house.
From Romance by Joseph Conrad
Would not determination rise in him with new tremendousness, and would not hope, after its rebirth in despair, soar to undreamed of heights?
From The Glory of the Conquered The Story of a Great Love by Susan Glaspell
Yet the tremendousness of human fate is constantly implied and brought home in the most impressive way.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton
He felt as though he had a new conception of life; and he realised its tremendousness as he had never realised it before.
From Tommy by Joseph Hocking
