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Meaning of 'prodigious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Prodigious [ a.]
- Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous.
- Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder.

Meaning of 'prodigious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . prodigious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
Example in sentence:
  • a night of exceeding darkness;
  • an exceptional memory;
  • olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy;
  • the young Mozart's prodigious talents
Meaning (2):
- so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
Example in sentence:
  • a prodigious storm;
  • a stupendous field of grass;
  • colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple;
  • has a colossal nerve;
  • stupendous demand
Meaning (3):
- of momentous or ominous significance
Example in sentence:
  • a prodigious vision;
  • such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity

Nearby Words:

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