Definitions for: Stupendous

[adj] so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous field of grass"; "stupendous demand"

Webster (1913) Definition: Stu*pen"dous, a. [L. stupendus astonishing, p.
future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. Stupid.]
Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in
magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. ``A stupendous
sum.'' --Macaulay.

All are but parts of one stupendous whole. --Pope.
-- Stu*pen"dous*ly, adv. -- Stu*pen"dous*ness, n.

Synonyms: big, colossal, large, prodigious

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