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tre⋅men⋅dous

[tri-men-duhs]
–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; < L tremendus dreadful, to be shaken by, equiv. to trem(ere) to shake, quake + -endus ger. suffix


tre⋅men⋅dous⋅ly, adverb
tre⋅men⋅dous⋅ness, noun


1. See huge.
tre·men·dous   (trĭ-měn'dəs)   
adj.  
    1. Extremely large in amount, extent, or degree; enormous: a tremendous task. See Synonyms at enormous.
    2. Informal Marvelous; wonderful: had a tremendous time at the theater last night.
  1. Capable of making one tremble; terrible.

[From Latin tremendus, gerundive of tremere, to tremble.]
tre·men'dous·ly adv., tre·men'dous·ness n.

Tremendous

Tre*men"dous\, a. [L. tremendus that is to be trembled at, fearful, fr. tremere to tremble. See Tremble.] Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall.

A tremendous mischief was a foot. --Motley.

Syn: Terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible; awful. -- Tre*men"dous*ly, adv. -- Tre*men"dous*ness, n.
Language Translation for : tremendous
Spanish: tremendo, enorme,
German: gewaltig,
Japanese: とても大きい

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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