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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
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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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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
EXPANDchanges in terrific, terribly, awfully, etc.
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