"stupendous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /stuˈpɛndəs/ [General-American], /stjuˈpɛndəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stupendous.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more stupendous [comparative], most stupendous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛndəs Etymology: First attested from 1547, from Late Latin stupendus (“stunning, amazing”), from the verb stupeō (“(I) am stunned”). Doublet of stupend (which is obsolete), and related to stupor and stupid. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)tewp-}}, {{bor|en|la-lat|stupendus||stunning, amazing}} Late Latin stupendus (“stunning, amazing”), {{m|la|stupeō||(I) am stunned}} stupeō (“(I) am stunned”), {{doublet|en|stupend}} Doublet of stupend, {{m|en|stupor}} stupor, {{m|en|stupid}} stupid Head templates: {{en-adj}} stupendous (comparative more stupendous, superlative most stupendous)
  1. Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous. Categories (topical): Size Translations (astonishingly great or large): изумителен (izumitelen) (Bulgarian), verbazend (Dutch), verbazingwekkend (Dutch), kolossaal (Dutch), overweldigend (Dutch), merveilleux (French), विस्मयकारी (vismaykārī) (Hindi), ग़ज़ब (ġazab) (Hindi), 途轍もない (totetsumonai) (alt: とてつもない) (Japanese), о́громен (ógromen) (Macedonian), колоса́лен (kolosálen) (Macedonian), fantastisk (Norwegian), грома́дный (gromádnyj) (Russian), огро́мный (ogrómnyj) (Russian), колосса́льный (kolossálʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-stupendous-en-adj-egch7SEY Disambiguation of Size: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'astonishingly great or large': 100 0
  2. Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous. Translations (of stunning excellence): поразителен (porazitelen) (Bulgarian), rendkívüli (Hungarian), 途轍もない (totetsumonai) (alt: とてつもない) (Japanese), изво́нреден (izvónreden) (Macedonian), неверо́јатен (neverójaten) (Macedonian), estupendo (Portuguese), грандио́зный (grandióznyj) (Russian), изуми́тельный (izumítelʹnyj) (Russian), estupendo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-stupendous-en-adj-kCYoqpXQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of 'of stunning excellence': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: colossal, enormous, huge, marvelous, prodigious, terrific, tremendous Derived forms: stupendously, stupendousness Related terms: stupid, stupor

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      "word": "неверо́јатен"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of stunning excellence",
      "word": "estupendo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grandióznyj",
      "sense": "of stunning excellence",
      "word": "грандио́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izumítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "of stunning excellence",
      "word": "изуми́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of stunning excellence",
      "word": "estupendo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stupendous"
}

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