colossal
extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge.
of or resembling a colossus.
(initial capital letter)Architecture. noting or pertaining to a classical order whose columns or pilasters span two or more stories of a building.
Origin of colossal
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Other words from colossal
- col·os·sal·i·ty [kol-uh-sal-i-tee], /ˌkɒl əˈsæl ɪ ti/, noun
- co·los·sal·ly, adverb
- su·per·co·los·sal, adjective
- su·per·co·los·sal·ly, adverb
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How to use colossal in a sentence
Standing around on top of the ground trying to get your arms around this colossal problem is futile.
Junk Food Is Bad For Plants, Too - Issue 90: Something Green | Anne Biklé & David R. Montgomery | September 23, 2020 | NautilusAt exactly two miles from the starting point, we turned to our right and saw a colossal pyramid dune the color of burnt parchment.
I Tried to Climb the Largest Sand Dune in North America | Emily Pennington | September 22, 2020 | Outside OnlineWhen Qwikster proved a colossal failure, the mistake was Hastings’s own.
What if Your Company Had No Rules? (Bonus Episode) | Maria Konnikova | September 12, 2020 | FreakonomicsNot half a mile into the journey, I was surrounded by colossal redwoods.
Redwood National Park Is Straight Out of 'Star Wars' | Emily Pennington | August 6, 2020 | Outside OnlineThe problem is that all this heating and magnetic confinement requires colossal amounts of energy.
Construction of the World’s Biggest Nuclear Fusion Plant Just Started in France | Edd Gent | August 3, 2020 | Singularity Hub
There was The Brittany Murphy Story, dubbed a “colossal mess” by reviewers.
The Biggest Bombs of 2014: ‘Sex Tape,’ Mariah Carey’s Vocals, ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and More | Kevin Fallon | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe, in olden days, had towering kooks and colossal villains.
But the quarantine, lifted just 10 days in, was a colossal failure.
colossal geological forces collided: the Pacific Plate, the North American Plate and the Farralon Plate.
Napa’s Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards | Clive Irving | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA tiny handful of families, it is true, have managed to keep colossal wealth in their own hands over a period of many centuries.
Today’s Wonky Elite Is in Love With the Wrong French Intellectual | James Poulos | April 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA colossal steam "traveller" had ceaselessly carried great blocks of stone and long steel girders from point to point.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsProfiting by this, Benjy quietly moved away round a colossal buttress of the berg, and took refuge in an ice-cave.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneLady Victoria's earlier mood of colossal indifference had been dissipated by her son's return.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonYou first enter a large fore-court, at the extremity of which a colossal gateway leads into the inner courts.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferIf ever I started upon a colossal piece of folly, it was this same trip abroad.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
British Dictionary definitions for colossal
/ (kəˈlɒsəl) /
of immense size; huge; gigantic
(in figure sculpture) approximately twice life-size: Compare heroic (def. 7)
Also: giant architect of or relating to the order of columns and pilasters that extend more than one storey in a façade
Derived forms of colossal
- colossally, adverb
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