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stupendous Definition

stu·pen·dous (sto̵̅o̅ pendəs, styo̵̅o̅-)

adjective

  1. astonishing; overwhelming a stupendous development
  2. astonishingly great or large a stupendous success

Etymology: L stupendus, ger. of stupere, to be stunned: see stupid

stupendous Related Forms
stu·pen·dously adverb
stupendous Synonyms

stupendous

modif.

stupendous Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • scenery: Borrowdale: Truly stupendous scenery - a Shangri La of tranquility beyond the normal frantic pace of modern life.
  • height: Has any other animal, or any insect, or even any bird, reached that stupendous height?
  • achievement: This stupendous achievement ought to fill British hearts with pride, and most foreign ones with admiration and gratitude.
  • view: Just sit a while over a drink and absorb the stupendous view and lovely colors.
  • task: It would be a stupendous task or the Irish Government to provide for their subjects deported from Britain.
  • amount: But it's also bogged down with a fairly stupendous amount of utter bollocks.

Modifying Another Word

  • truly: The truly stupendous, stop dead in your tracks sound of ' Marbles ' .
  • so: How strangely calm and brief this record of so stupendous an event?
  • quite: The belly dancers were better looking than the previous ones we'd encountered and the food was quite stupendous.
  • really: Taken from an antique model of a heroic charger, this is a really stupendous piece.
  • simply: The drums are simply stupendous, so powerful all of a sudden.
  • just: The soul of the Van Morrison vocal all through ' Who Was That Masked Man ' is just stupendous.
stupendous Quotes

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body, Nature is, and God the soul. 660

—Pope, Alexander

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