2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tremendous \Tre*men"dous\, a. [L. tremendus that is to be
trembled at fearful, fr tremere to tremble. See {Tremble}.]
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.
A tremendous mischief was a foot. --Motley.
Syn: Terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible;
awful. -- {Tre*men"dous*ly}, adv --
{Tre*men"dous*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tremendous
adj 1: extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power
or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses";
"tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous face in
human experience; that...civilization should be
dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman "a plane
took off with a tremendous noise" [syn: {enormous}]
2: extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a
fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!";
"a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare
books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a
tremendous achievement" [syn: {fantastic}, {howling(a)}, {marvelous},
{rattling(a)}, {terrific}, {wonderful}, {wondrous}]
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