tremendous

(trĭ-mĕn'dəs)
adj.

1. 1. Extremely large in amount, extent, or degree; enormous: a tremendous task. See synonyms at enormous.
   2. Informal. Marvelous; wonderful: had a tremendous time at the theater last night.
2. Capable of making one tremble; terrible.

[From Latin tremendus, gerundive of tremere, to tremble.]

tremendously tre·men'dous·ly adv.
tremendousness tre·men'dous·ness n.

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adjective

1. Of extraordinary size and power: behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, vast. Informal walloping. Slang whopping. See big/small/amount.
2. Particularly excellent: divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful. Informal dandy, dreamy, great, ripping, super, swell. Slang cool, groovy, hot, keen¹, neat, nifty. Idioms: out of this world. See good/bad.
3. Causing or able to cause fear: appalling, dire, direful, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, formidable, frightful, ghastly, redoubtable, scary, terrible. See fear/courage.

adj

Definition: huge, overwhelming
Antonyms: insignificant, little, small, tiny, underwhelming, unimportant

IN BRIEF: Extraordinarily large or good.

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt. — Shirley Chisholm

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - mægtig, vældig, stor, kolossal

Nederlands (Dutch)
enorm, fantastisch

Français (French)
adj. - énorme, immense, formidable, fou, violent, fou (succès)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - enorm, großartig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - τρομερός, φοβερός, καταπληκτικός, θαυμάσιος, (μτφ.) τεράστιος, πελώριος

Italiano (Italian)
enorme, formidabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - terrível, tremendo (m), medonho (m), formidável

Русский (Russian)
огромный, громадный, гигантский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tremendo, enorme, formidable, fantástico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kolossal, enorm, jättestor, fantastisk, väldig, oerhörd, våldsam

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
巨大的, 可怕的, 非常的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 巨大的, 可怕的, 非常的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무서운, 거대한, 기막힌

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ものすごい, 巨大な, すばらしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) هائل, ضخم, مروع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מעורר-אימה, משתלט, גדול, עצום, כביר, נפלא, מצויין‬

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