tremendous
tremendous
/trəˈmendəs/
1 very great
a tremendous explosion
A tremendous amount of work has gone into the project.
He has been under tremendous pressure recently.
The noise of bombs, guns and engines was tremendous.
2 extremely good
It was a tremendous experience.
The support they gave us was tremendous.
You look absolutely tremendous!
Word Origin
mid 17th cent.: from Latin tremendus (gerundive of tremere ‘tremble’) + -ous.
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