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DictionarytremendousVery great
adjective

tremendous

truh-MEN-duhs/trəˈmendəs/

Extremely great in scale or degree.

The tremendous pumpkin dwarfs the gardener and the ordinary pumpkin beside it.

A tremendous pumpkin dwarfs a gardener and an ordinary pumpkin beside it, making its exceptionally great size immediately visible.
Etymology
tremendousLatinto be trembled at; dreadful

Something tremendous originally made one tremble with fear or awe. Exaggerated use shifted the emphasis from dread to astonishing greatness, producing the modern sense of immense size, amount, or intensity.

In context

Mystiiqx1:41
moving this enormous machine is only part of the challenge. Its suspension must support the tremendous weight.
🔥 INSIDE THE WORLD’S GIANT MINING TRUCKS: How These Massive Machines Move Mountains of Rock@Mystiqx3

More examples

  • The storm causes tremendous damage along the coast.
  • We feel tremendous relief when the missing dog comes home.
  • The new bridge can support a tremendous amount of weight.

Forms

tremendous

tremendously adverb — To an extremely great degree.

Similar words

enormous
Emphasizes unusually large size or amount rather than intensity.
immense
Suggests vast size or extent, often difficult to measure.