tremendousadj.

/trɪˈmɛndəs/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s tremenduous; dialect and non-standard tremenj(i)ous, treminjous, etc.

Etymology: < Latin tremendus ‘that is to be trembled at, fearful, dreadful, frightful, terrible’, gerundive of tremĕre to tremble, tremble at: see -ous suffix. The by-form in -uous was shaped after adjectives from Latin adjectives in -uus, as conspicuous.

a. Such as to excite trembling, or awe; awful; ‘dreadful; horrible; astonishingly terrible’ (Johnson).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > awe, reverential wonder > [adjective]

grureful?c1225

fearful1340

ferdfulc1380

awfula1400

grisleda1400

gruesome1570

awesome1578

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awed1591

tremendous1632

mystic1842

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being awesome > [adjective]

awfulc1175

grureful?c1225

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aweda1656

awous?1675

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 460 Hee, after many tremenduous threatnings, commanded the Scriuan to draw vp a Warrant.

1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Tremendous.., greatly to be feared.

1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 44 But the tremenduos Tetragrammaton Will not, not always be a looker on.

a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. viii. 17 Not blaspheming the tremendous name of God.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 3 Black-boding Man Receives, not suffers Death's tremendous Blow.

1796 J. Moser Hermit of Caucasus I. 166 Rocks, torrents, and all the variety of tremenduous scenery.

1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw ix The air..was rendered livid and tremendous by long spires of fire.

1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xi. 147 The Day, the Great day..of His wrath... Now, to what does this tremendous description refer?

b. absol. That which is tremendous.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 41 What Heart of Flesh, Would trifle with Tremendous? dare Extremes? Yawn o'er the Fate of Infinite?

a. Hyperbolically, or as a mere intensive: Such as to excite wonder on account of its magnitude or violence; astounding; extraordinarily great; immense. (Cf. the similar use of awful, frightful, terrible, etc.) Also as quasi-adv. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge

unmeeteOE

unmeetlyOE

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Polyphemian1602

Titanian1603

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gigantical1604

immensive1604

gigantine1605

colossic1607

gigantean1611

Gogmagotical1612

gigantal?1614

Babylonian1617

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titanic1628

elephantine1631

gigantive1638

colossean1644

decumanal1652

immensurate1654

gigant1658

decuman1659

colossal1664

abnormous1710

Brobdingnagian1728

Brobdingnag1731

Pantagruelian1737

heroic1785

Patagonian1786

seven-league1787

Titan1793

gigantic1797

seven-leagued1799

mammoth1801

dimensionless1813

tremendous1813

gigantesque1821

monster1837

titanesque1838

monstre1840

giantlike1847

leviathanic1848

pythonic1851

Babylonic1853

supercolossal1871

giantesque1909

behemothian1910

supergiant1919

ginormous1942

big-ass1945

Ozymandian1961

fuck-off1962

mega1968

humongous1970

monstro1970

big-assed1972

big-arsed1996

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge > and amazing

ferlya1400

wonderfulc1540

stupendiousa1549

portentous1553

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stupend1621

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awesome1838

devastating1889

dizzy1896

doozy1903

staggering1934

eyewatering1950

zonking great1958

stonking1980

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly

swithlyc888

micklelyeOE

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hardOE

un-i-fohOE

sevenfoldlOE

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frighteninglyc1854

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goldarn1892

howling1895

murderously1916

rasted1919

goddam1921

bitchingly1923

Christly1923

bitching1929

falling-down1930

lousy1932

appallingly1937

stratospherically1941

Christ almighty1945

effing1945

focking1956

dagnab1961

drop-dead1980

hella1987

totes2006

1813 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 8 337 During the last forty years, a tremendous change has been going on.

1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse Shoe Robinson (U.S. ed.) I. ii. 25 He shut that up..by giving Huger a most tremenjious lathering.

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 16 They..drive at a tremendous pace.

1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. vi. 134 A tremendous splash reached my ears from the pond.

1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 91 He..evidently determined to smother his feelings in a tremendous dinner.

1887 R. D. Blackmore Springhaven II. iii. 30 Makes us pay tremenjious for 'most everything.

1888 R. Kipling Phantom 'Rickshaw 92 Then ten men with bows and arrows ran down that valley, chasing twenty men with bows and arrows, and the row was tremenjus.

1892 ‘Q’ I saw Three Ships v. 97 ‘Ay, naybours all,’ broke in Farmer Tresidder... ‘I shudn' wonder if ye was to see me trottin' to Parlyment House in a gilded coach..I be so tremenjous rich.’

1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xvii. 150 I thought them straps couldn't break only onder a tremenjous strain.

1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xix. 162 ‘How are you enjoying yourself?’.. ‘Treminjous intoirely, sor.’

1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke ii. 39 ‘Was it fun?’ ‘Tremenjous.’

1977 E. W. Hildick Loop vii. 37 She had ‘tremenjous powers of seeing the future’.

b. Extraordinary in respect of some quality indicated in context. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > special, extraordinary, or unusual

sunderlepeOE

specialc1325

strangec1330

undeemousa1400

outragec1400

singularc1400

stravagant1565

unusual1582

extraordinarya1586

remarkable1593

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peculiar1608

stupendous1640

eccentricala1652

particular1665

out-of-the-way1675

uncommon1705

awfy1724

exceptionable1801

tremendous1831

exceptional1846

exceptive1849

exceptionary1850

spesh1874

heart-stopping1891

off-brand1929

wild1955

cracker1964

1831 Ch. Patronage Reporter Jan. 26 Owing..latterly to the tremendous state of the weather.

1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. vii. 117 Over-managing people..are tremendous to live with.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 76 This young Debarry is a tremendous fellow at the classics.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	tremendous
释义	tremendousadj. /trɪˈmɛndəs/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s tremenduous; dialect and non-standard tremenj(i)ous, treminjous, etc. Etymology: < Latin tremendus ‘that is to be trembled at, fearful, dreadful, frightful, terrible’, gerundive of tremĕre to tremble, tremble at: see -ous suffix. The by-form in -uous was shaped after adjectives from Latin adjectives in -uus, as conspicuous. 1. a. Such as to excite trembling, or awe; awful; ‘dreadful; horrible; astonishingly terrible’ (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > awe, reverential wonder > [adjective] grureful?c1225 fearful1340 ferdfulc1380 awfula1400 grisleda1400 gruesome1570 awesome1578 tremend1581 awed1591 tremendous1632 mystic1842 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being awesome > [adjective] awfulc1175 grureful?c1225 fearful1340 ferdfulc1380 grisleda1400 dread1420 dreaded1556 tremblable1560 gruesome1570 awesome1578 tremend1581 awing1589 tremendous1632 aweda1656 awous?1675 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 460 Hee, after many tremenduous threatnings, commanded the Scriuan to draw vp a Warrant. 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Tremendous.., greatly to be feared. 1689 T. Plunket Char. Good Commander 44 But the tremenduos Tetragrammaton Will not, not always be a looker on. a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) II. viii. 17 Not blaspheming the tremendous name of God. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 3 Black-boding Man Receives, not suffers Death's tremendous Blow. 1796 J. Moser Hermit of Caucasus I. 166 Rocks, torrents, and all the variety of tremenduous scenery. 1803 J. Porter Thaddeus of Warsaw ix The air..was rendered livid and tremendous by long spires of fire. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xi. 147 The Day, the Great day..of His wrath... Now, to what does this tremendous description refer? b. absol. That which is tremendous.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 41 What Heart of Flesh, Would trifle with Tremendous? dare Extremes? Yawn o'er the Fate of Infinite? 2. a. Hyperbolically, or as a mere intensive: Such as to excite wonder on account of its magnitude or violence; astounding; extraordinarily great; immense. (Cf. the similar use of awful, frightful, terrible, etc.) Also as quasi-adv. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge unmeeteOE unmeetlyOE hugea1275 hideousc1330 infinitec1385 unmeasureda1398 unmeasurablec1405 hugyc1420 immeasurable1440 ingentc1450 unmeetlyc1450 giant1480 immense1490 monstrous?a1513 unmeasurely1513 hugeousa1529 unportable1537 enormous1544 enormc1560 giantly1561 immensible1579 rouncival1582 dismeasured1584 vast1585 immeasured1590 gargantuan1596 omnipotent1596 colossian1601 immane1601 prodigious1601 Polyphemian1602 Titanian1603 titanical1603 gigantical1604 immensive1604 gigantine1605 colossic1607 gigantean1611 Gogmagotical1612 gigantal?1614 Babylonian1617 leviathan1625 titanic1628 elephantine1631 gigantive1638 colossean1644 decumanal1652 immensurate1654 gigant1658 decuman1659 colossal1664 abnormous1710 Brobdingnagian1728 Brobdingnag1731 Pantagruelian1737 heroic1785 Patagonian1786 seven-league1787 Titan1793 gigantic1797 seven-leagued1799 mammoth1801 dimensionless1813 tremendous1813 gigantesque1821 monster1837 titanesque1838 monstre1840 giantlike1847 leviathanic1848 pythonic1851 Babylonic1853 supercolossal1871 giantesque1909 behemothian1910 supergiant1919 ginormous1942 big-ass1945 Ozymandian1961 fuck-off1962 mega1968 humongous1970 monstro1970 big-assed1972 big-arsed1996 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge > and amazing ferlya1400 wonderfulc1540 stupendiousa1549 portentous1553 stupenduous1610 stupendous1618 stupend1621 tremendous1813 awesome1838 devastating1889 dizzy1896 doozy1903 staggering1934 eyewatering1950 zonking great1958 stonking1980 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 1813 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 8 337 During the last forty years, a tremendous change has been going on. 1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse Shoe Robinson (U.S. ed.) I. ii. 25 He shut that up..by giving Huger a most tremenjious lathering. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 16 They..drive at a tremendous pace. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. vi. 134 A tremendous splash reached my ears from the pond. 1882 E. A. Floyer Unexplored Baluchistan 91 He..evidently determined to smother his feelings in a tremendous dinner. 1887 R. D. Blackmore Springhaven II. iii. 30 Makes us pay tremenjious for 'most everything. 1888 R. Kipling Phantom 'Rickshaw 92 Then ten men with bows and arrows ran down that valley, chasing twenty men with bows and arrows, and the row was tremenjus. 1892 ‘Q’ I saw Three Ships v. 97 ‘Ay, naybours all,’ broke in Farmer Tresidder... ‘I shudn' wonder if ye was to see me trottin' to Parlyment House in a gilded coach..I be so tremenjous rich.’ 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xvii. 150 I thought them straps couldn't break only onder a tremenjous strain. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career xix. 162 ‘How are you enjoying yourself?’.. ‘Treminjous intoirely, sor.’ 1952 M. Allingham Tiger in Smoke ii. 39 ‘Was it fun?’ ‘Tremenjous.’ 1977 E. W. Hildick Loop vii. 37 She had ‘tremenjous powers of seeing the future’. b. Extraordinary in respect of some quality indicated in context. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > special, extraordinary, or unusual sunderlepeOE specialc1325 strangec1330 undeemousa1400 outragec1400 singularc1400 stravagant1565 unusual1582 extraordinarya1586 remarkable1593 exordinary1601 peculiar1608 stupendous1640 eccentricala1652 particular1665 out-of-the-way1675 uncommon1705 awfy1724 exceptionable1801 tremendous1831 exceptional1846 exceptive1849 exceptionary1850 spesh1874 heart-stopping1891 off-brand1929 wild1955 cracker1964 1831 Ch. Patronage Reporter Jan. 26 Owing..latterly to the tremendous state of the weather. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. vii. 117 Over-managing people..are tremendous to live with. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 76 This young Debarry is a tremendous fellow at the classics. 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