stupendous
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dəs, styu- 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 (stjuːˈpɛndəs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| astounding, wonderful, huge, etc | |
| [C17: from Latin stupēre to be amazed] | |
| stu'pendously | |
| —adv | |
| stu'pendousness | |
| —n | |
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Stupendous
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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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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Example sentences
Bordering those are beaches and rocky cliffs that offer stupendous views.
We have now a new and stupendous chapter of national history.
As a whole outcome of the blog is actually stupendous.
The errors in this section are blatantly obvious, and monumentally stupendous.
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