stupendous
adjective
stu·pen·dous
stu̇-ˈpen-dəs 
styu̇-
2
: of amazing size or greatness : tremendous
stupendously
adverb
stupendousness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of stupendous in a Sentence
a person with stupendous wealth
the stupendous engineering feats achieved by the ancient Romans
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Read on for our full review of one of Bangkok's most stupendous hotels.
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Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2024
Even the humble parking area has stupendous views of the toothy rock fins that jut out from the east face of 11,811-foot Laurel Mountain and the dark, imposing granite of 12,270-foot Mount Morrison.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 July 2024
But even after two years of quantitative tightening, the amount of bonds and securities that the Fed still retains is stupendous.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 3 May 2024
The United States, however, has lost its capacity for self-government through stupendous intellectual indolence and the exaltation of puerilities, like Tayor Swift or Tom Brady, over thinkers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, and Montaigne.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
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Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2024
Even the humble parking area has stupendous views of the toothy rock fins that jut out from the east face of 11,811-foot Laurel Mountain and the dark, imposing granite of 12,270-foot Mount Morrison.
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 July 2024
But even after two years of quantitative tightening, the amount of bonds and securities that the Fed still retains is stupendous.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 3 May 2024
The United States, however, has lost its capacity for self-government through stupendous intellectual indolence and the exaltation of puerilities, like Tayor Swift or Tom Brady, over thinkers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, and Montaigne.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
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stupendous
adjective
stu·pen·dous
st(y)u̇-ˈpen-dəs
: amazing especially because of great size or height
stupendous gorges
stupendously
adverb
stupendousness
noun
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