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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tre•men•dous /trɪˈmɛndəs/USA pronunciation adj. - very great in size, amount, or intensity:a tremendous ocean liner.
- extraordinary;
excellent; very good:a tremendous movie. tre•men•dous•ly, adv. : tremendously excited. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tre•men•dous (tri men′dəs),USA pronunciation adj. - extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity:a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- extraordinary in excellence:a tremendous movie.
- dreadful or awful, as in character or effect;
exciting fear; frightening; terrifying.
- Latin tremendus dreadful, to be shaken by, equivalent. to trem(ere) to shake, quake + -endus gerund, gerundive suffix
- 1625–35
tre•men ′dous•ly, adv. tre•men ′dous•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See huge.
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