tremendous
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dəs adjective
1.
extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
2.
extraordinary in excellence: a tremendous movie.
3.
dreadful or awful, as in character or effect; exciting fear; frightening; terrifying.
Origin:
1625–35; < Latin tremendus dreadful, to be shaken by, equivalent to trem(ere) to shake, quake + -endus gerund suffix
1625–35; < Latin tremendus dreadful, to be shaken by, equivalent to trem(ere) to shake, quake + -endus gerund suffix
Related forms
tre·men·dous·ly, adverb
tre·men·dous·ness, noun
un·tre·men·dous, adjective
un·tre·men·dous·ly, adverb
un·tre·men·dous·ness, noun
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| —adj | |
| 1. | vast; huge |
| 2. | informal very exciting or unusual |
| 3. | informal (intensifier): a tremendous help |
| 4. | archaic terrible or dreadful |
| [C17: from Latin tremendus terrible, literally: that is to be trembled at, from tremere to quake] | |
| tre'mendously | |
| —adv | |
| tre'mendousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
tremendous
1632, "awful, dreadful, terrible," from L. tremendus "fearful, terrible," lit. "to be trembled at," gerundive form of tremere "to tremble" (see tremble). Hyperbolic or intensive sense of "extraordinarily great or good, immense" is attested from 1812, paralleling semantic
changes in terrific, terribly, awfully, etc.
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Example sentences
It was indeed a tremendous display of the power and might of fast-running, uncontrollable water.
Tremendous spiritual values were evidently at stake.
Human interaction with mosquitoes must take into account the tremendous human suffering that these disease vectors cause.
Such broad vision holds tremendous appeal for the makers--and users--of artificial lenses.
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