Tremendous Definition

trĭ-mĕndəs
adjective
Very large; great; enormous.
Webster's New World
Very great in scope or importance.
Tremendous influence.
American Heritage
Such as to make one tremble; terrifying; dreadful.
Webster's New World
Remarkable; outstanding.
What a tremendous example you have set.
American Heritage
Wonderful, amazing, extraordinary, etc.
Webster's New World

Origin of Tremendous

  • From Latin tremendus (“fearful, terrible"), gerund form of tremere (“to tremble"), from Ancient Greek τρέμω (tremo)

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin tremendus gerundive of tremere to tremble

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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