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tremendous |
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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