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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

stupendous
    adj 1: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
           "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a
           colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous
           field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: colossal,
           prodigious, stupendous]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Stupendous \Stu*pen"dous\, a. [L. stupendus astonishing, p.
   future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. Stupid.]
   Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in
   magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. "A stupendous
   sum." --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]

         All are but parts of one stupendous whole. --Pope.
   [1913 Webster] -- Stu*pen"dous*ly, adv. --
   Stu*pen"dous*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for stupendous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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