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adjective
1.
causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
2.
amazingly large or great; immense: a stupendous mass of information.
Related forms
stu·pen·dous·ly, adverb
stu·pen·dous·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. extraordinary. 2. colossal, vast, gigantic, prodigious.
1. extraordinary. 2. colossal, vast, gigantic, prodigious.
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Stupendous
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Bower concludes that on both counts these efforts were stupendous failures.
- Maybe a really stupendous email from a strident student could be strupendous.
- Well, you can find that astonishing and stupendous principle in any basic micro-economic undergraduate elementary textbook.
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Word Origin & History
stupendous
1666, earlier stupendious (1547), from L.L. stupendus "to be wondered at," gerundive form of L. stupere "be stunned, be struck senseless" (see stupid).
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