STUPENDOUS

stupendous. Stupendous, a. wonderful, amazing, astonishing

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Stu‐pen″dous (?), a. [[L. stupendus astonishing, p. future pass. of stupere to be astonished at. Cf. Stupid.]] Astonishing; wonderful; amazing; especially, astonishing in magnitude or elevation; as, a stupendous pile. “A stupendous sum.” Macaulay. All are but parts of one stupendous whole. Pope. — Stu‐pen″dous‐ly, adv. — Stu‐pen″dous‐ness, n.