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单词 stupendous
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Definition of stupendous in English:

stupendous

adjectivestjuːˈpɛndəsst(j)uˈpɛndəs
  • Extremely impressive.

    the most stupendous views
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Three stupendous performances will stay in the memory.
    • They are sitting on a stupendous amount of oil after all.
    • By the time we got to the grand final it was just stupendous.
    • The report finds that the cost of these disparities is stupendous.
    • The annexe has the feel of a private house with a wood fire and stupendous views of the temples of Baalbek.
    • The deal, which allowed Mittal to pay himself a £1.1 billion dividend, also shone a light on his stupendous wealth.
    • We climbed the mountain for stupendous views of the west coast.
    • Perched on at least three different levels, it enjoys a stupendous view over the Nile south of Aswan city centre.
    • By walking perhaps twenty yards further there's a stupendous view over the Bristol Channel.
    • It is for no other reason than the empire's need to engage in a stupendous demonstration of its might.
    • It is a stupendous and, on a first visit, stupifying display of over 140 pictures by fifty artists.
    • People were drawn magnetically to the windows, staring out at stupendous views in all directions.
    • But none of those truths should diminish the power of last weekend's stupendous events.
    • However, that presence, stupendous mystery as it was, was in itself no guarantee of benefit, either to celebrant or congregation.
    • What a stupendous building, built in thanksgiving for success in war.
    • Lipsey says the Treasury can claim credit for the stupendous UK policy success of the last two decades - privatisation.
    • I noticed out the window an absolutely stupendous view over Westminster.
    • I thought it was a stupendous idea - I still do - but I haven't heard anything more about it.
    • So long as it prevails the show is thrilling and stupendous; the moment it fails the show is a dull and dirty farce.
    • To the converted, the guest list at this weekend's Canadian National Comic Book Expo is stupendous.
    Synonyms
    amazing, astounding, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, wonderful, prodigious, phenomenal, staggering, breathtaking
    informal fantastic, mind-boggling, mind-blowing, great, terrific, awesome, unreal, amazeballs
    literary wondrous

Derivatives

  • stupendously

  • adverbstjuːˈpɛndəsli
    • as submodifier a stupendously talented player
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But while that triangular confrontation was stupendously dramatic, the ex-president left with a token fine which was quashed on appeal.
      • So it turns out this was not so much ‘difficult’ as stupendously easy.
      • Here's a trade secret that could get this column suspended from journalism's equivalent of the Magic Circle: there is a way to be stupendously well informed without reading absolutely everything.
      • We have two buildings by that architect here in town; one is a rip-off of an old Roman temple in France - er, Gaul - and the other is a stupendously bad monolith on Washington Avenue.
      • Myself, I'm mostly haunted by retrospectively realising that what made perfect sense at the time was actually stupendously wrong and/or offensive and/or thoughtless.
  • stupendousness

  • nounstjuːˈpɛndəsnəsst(j)uˈpɛndəsnəs
    • He comes to the borderland of reality and then retraces his steps, as if frightened by its stupendousness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My imagination is to an extent crushed by the stupendousness of reality.
      • Old as the hills - and, as I look out upon the tortured granite peaks of Mogok, I endeavor to appreciate the stupendousness of that antiquity.
      • I don't use the word ‘genius’ very lightly, but I have no other words with which to describe the stupendousness that is Bob.
      • The company's tendency to choke a good idea with too many embellishments wasn't so much held in check here as surrendered to the stupendousness of the place.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin stupendus 'to be wondered at' (gerundive of stupere) + -ous.

Rhymes

horrendous, tremendous
 
 

Definition of stupendous in US English:

stupendous

adjectivest(j)uˈpɛndəsst(y)o͞oˈpendəs
  • Extremely impressive.

    a stupendous display of technique
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Three stupendous performances will stay in the memory.
    • The deal, which allowed Mittal to pay himself a £1.1 billion dividend, also shone a light on his stupendous wealth.
    • It is a stupendous and, on a first visit, stupifying display of over 140 pictures by fifty artists.
    • They are sitting on a stupendous amount of oil after all.
    • To the converted, the guest list at this weekend's Canadian National Comic Book Expo is stupendous.
    • By walking perhaps twenty yards further there's a stupendous view over the Bristol Channel.
    • The annexe has the feel of a private house with a wood fire and stupendous views of the temples of Baalbek.
    • But none of those truths should diminish the power of last weekend's stupendous events.
    • What a stupendous building, built in thanksgiving for success in war.
    • However, that presence, stupendous mystery as it was, was in itself no guarantee of benefit, either to celebrant or congregation.
    • The report finds that the cost of these disparities is stupendous.
    • I thought it was a stupendous idea - I still do - but I haven't heard anything more about it.
    • It is for no other reason than the empire's need to engage in a stupendous demonstration of its might.
    • We climbed the mountain for stupendous views of the west coast.
    • People were drawn magnetically to the windows, staring out at stupendous views in all directions.
    • I noticed out the window an absolutely stupendous view over Westminster.
    • Lipsey says the Treasury can claim credit for the stupendous UK policy success of the last two decades - privatisation.
    • By the time we got to the grand final it was just stupendous.
    • Perched on at least three different levels, it enjoys a stupendous view over the Nile south of Aswan city centre.
    • So long as it prevails the show is thrilling and stupendous; the moment it fails the show is a dull and dirty farce.
    Synonyms
    amazing, astounding, astonishing, extraordinary, remarkable, wonderful, prodigious, phenomenal, staggering, breathtaking

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin stupendus ‘to be wondered at’ (gerundive of stupere) + -ous.

 
 
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