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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TREMEN'DOUS, a. [L. tremendus, from tremo, to tremble.]
1. Such as may excite fear or terror; terrible; dreadful. Hence,
2. Violent; such as may astonish by its force and violence; as a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall; a tremendous noise.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise" [syn: enormous, tremendous]
2: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn: fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous]
3: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money" [syn: frightful, terrible, awful, tremendous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin tremendus, from gerundive of tremere Date: 1632 1. being such as may excite trembling or arouse dread, awe, or terror 2. a. notable by reason of extreme size, power, greatness, or excellence <tremendous problems> <a writer of tremendous talent> — often used as a generalized term of approval <had a tremendous time> b. unusually large ; huge <a tremendous number of people> Synonyms: see monstrous • tremendously adverb • tremendousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 awe-inspiring, fearful, overpowering. 2 colloq. remarkable, considerable, excellent (a tremendous explosion; gave a tremendous performance). Derivatives: tremendously adv. tremendousness n. Etymology: L tremendus, gerundive of tremere tremble

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tremendous Tre*men"dous, a. [L. tremendus that is to be trembled at, fearful, fr. tremere to tremble. See Tremble.] Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall. A tremendous mischief was a foot. --Motley. Syn: Terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible; awful. -- Tre*men"dous*ly, adv. -- Tre*men"dous*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You use tremendous to emphasize how strong a feeling or quality is, or how large an amount is. (INFORMAL) I felt a tremendous pressure on my chest... = terrific ADJ: usu ADJ n [emphasis] • tremendously The business is tremendously profitable... ADV: ADV adj/adv/-ed, ADV after v 2. You can describe someone or something as tremendous when you think they are very good or very impressive. (INFORMAL) I thought it was absolutely tremendous. = terrific ADJ • tremendously I thought they played tremendously well, didn't you?... ADV: ADV adj/adv/-ed, ADV after v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Terrible, dreadful, fearful, horrible, horrid, horrific, frightful, terrific, alarming, awful, appalling.

Moby Thesaurus

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