adjective
so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe
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- colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple
- has a colossal nerve
- a prodigious storm
- a stupendous field of grass
- stupendous demand
adjective
of momentous or ominous significance
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- such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville
- a prodigious vision
adjective
far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
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- a night of exceeding darkness
- an exceptional memory
- olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy
- the young Mozart's prodigious talents