tremendous

tre·men·dous

T0338100 (trĭ-mĕn′dəs)adj.1. a. Extremely large in amount, extent, or size; enormous: a tremendous sum of money. See Synonyms at enormous.b. Very great in scope or importance: tremendous influence.2. Remarkable; outstanding: What a tremendous example you have set.3. Archaic Capable of making one tremble; terrible.

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[From Latin tremendus, gerundive of tremere, to tremble.]

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tre·men′dous·ly adv.tre·men′dous·ness n.

tremendous

(trɪˈmɛndəs) adj1. vast; huge2. informal very exciting or unusual3. informal (intensifier): a tremendous help. 4. archaic terrible or dreadful[C17: from Latin tremendus terrible, literally: that is to be trembled at, from tremere to quake] treˈmendously adv treˈmendousness n

tre•men•dous

(trɪˈmɛn dəs)

adj. 1. extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner. 2. extraordinary in excellence: a tremendous movie. 3. dreadful or awful; exciting fear; frightening; terrifying. [1625–35; < Latin tremendus dreadful, to be shaken by, ger. of tremere to shake, quake; see -ous] tre•men′dous•ly, adv. tre•men′dous•ness, n. syn: See huge.

tremendous

- Based on Latin tremere, "to tremble."See also related terms for tremble.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	tremendous - extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"enormousbig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
	2.	tremendous - extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, wonderful, wondrous, fantastic, terrific, grandextraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"
	3.	tremendous - extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"frightful, terrible, awfulcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechextraordinary - beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature"

tremendous

adjective1. huge, great, towering, vast, enormous, terrific, formidable, immense, awesome, titanic, gigantic, monstrous, mammoth, colossal, whopping (informal), stellar (informal), prodigious, stupendous, gargantuan, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang) I felt a tremendous pressure on my chest.
huge little, small, minute, tiny, diminutive, minuscule2. excellent, great, wonderful, brilliant, mean (slang), topping (Brit. slang), cracking (Brit. informal), amazing, extraordinary, fantastic (informal), ace (informal), incredible, fabulous (informal), marvellous, exceptional, terrific (informal), sensational (informal), sovereign, awesome (slang), super (informal), brill (informal), bodacious (slang, chiefly U.S.), boffo (slang), jim-dandy (slang), chillin' (U.S. slang) I thought it was absolutely tremendous.
excellent average, ordinary, terrible, awful, appalling, dreadful, rotten, mediocre, so-so, abysmal, run-of-the-mill, no great shakes (informal)3. deafening, crashing, booming, roaring, thundering, resounding, thunderous, very loud, ear-splitting, ear-piercing Suddenly there was a tremendous explosion.

tremendous

adjective1. Of extraordinary size and power:behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, vast.Informal: walloping.Slang: whopping.2. Informal. Particularly excellent:divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful.Informal: dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, swell.Slang: cool, groovy, hot, keen, neat, nifty.Idiom: out of this world.3. Causing or able to cause fear:appalling, dire, direful, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible.

Translations

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tremendous

(trəˈmendəs) adjective very large; very great. That required a tremendous effort; The response to our appeal was tremendous. 極大的 极大的treˈmendously adverb very. It's tremendously interesting; He's tremendously strong. 非常(地) 非常（地）

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