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Meaning of 'tremendous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tremendous [ a.]
- Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall.

Meaning of 'tremendous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tremendous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • a fantastic trip to the Orient;
  • a howling success;
  • a marvelous collection of rare books;
  • a tremendous achievement;
  • had a rattling conversation about politics;
  • the film was fantastic!
Meaning (2):
- extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
Example in sentence:
  • a plane took off with a tremendous noise;
  • a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology;
  • an enormous boulder;
  • enormous expenses;
  • tremendous sweeping plains
Meaning (3):
- extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact
Example in sentence:
  • in a frightful hurry;
  • spent a frightful amount of money

Nearby Words:

treacher treacherous treachery treachetour treachour treacle treacly tread tread-softly treadboard

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