tremendous
extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
extraordinary in excellence: a tremendous movie.
dreadful or awful, as in character or effect; exciting fear; frightening; terrifying.
Origin of tremendous
1synonym study For tremendous
Other words from tremendous
- tre·men·dous·ly, adverb
- tre·men·dous·ness, noun
- un·tre·men·dous, adjective
- un·tre·men·dous·ness, noun
Words Nearby tremendous
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How to use tremendous in a sentence
If you want a model for how to manage a large business amid the pandemic, how to make solid yet adaptable judgments in the face of tremendous uncertainty, well, there it is.
The NFL’s pandemic response was a striking success — and a genuine public service | Sally Jenkins | February 10, 2021 | Washington PostAfter having to deal with a tremendous amount of upheaval and rethinking over the last decade, the idea of having to adapt is not a new one for agencies.
Solving the agency search intelligence gap | Ian O’Rourke and Stephen Davis | February 9, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThe future is bright with tremendous opportunity, and I want to put all the right pieces into place to make sure that CNN remains strong for many years to come.
CNN President Jeff Zucker expects to leave the network at the end of this year | Paul Farhi, Jeremy Barr | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostHe was looking at me with a tremendous amount of anger and hostility.
“I thought I was going to die”: AOC’s harrowing account of the Capitol Hill attack | Zack Beauchamp | February 2, 2021 | VoxHe’s a tremendous coach and everybody seems to love to play for him.
Steve Spagnuolo’s defense frustrated Tom Brady in a Super Bowl. They’ll meet up again Sunday. | Cindy Boren | February 2, 2021 | Washington Post
Great American leaders have long contributed profound thoughts of tremendous consequence to the public discourse.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner! | Olivia Nuzzi | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“When I first met her I felt this tremendous surge of power,” he explained.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau | Ian Frisch | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis could create tremendous opportunity for a broad swath of the rustbelt population.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead | Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“The rape question was a tremendous blunder,” Doar later observed.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era | Gary May | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is a tremendous find, not just because he discovered all these first veterans of our first war in a vacant lot.
Drowned every few seconds by our tremendous salvoes, this more nervous noise crept back insistently into our ears in the interval.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonAnd then several hours at Liszt's, where one succession of concertos, fantasias, and all sorts of tremendous things are played.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayWe have said it had been lightly laden at starting, which was the reason of the tremendous pace at which it travelled.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneIt was a tremendous training in the sifting of evidence and the examination of appearances.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsObviously a tremendous question arises here as to how a story should be found in Genesis xiv.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel Conway
British Dictionary definitions for tremendous
/ (trɪˈmɛndəs) /
vast; huge
informal very exciting or unusual
informal (intensifier): a tremendous help
archaic terrible or dreadful
Origin of tremendous
1Derived forms of tremendous
- tremendously, adverb
- tremendousness, noun
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