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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
- Example: "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"
- Example: "has a colossal nerve"
- Example: "a prodigious storm"
- Example: "a stupendous field of grass"
- Example: "stupendous demand"
[syn: colossal, prodigious, stupendous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Colossal \Co*los"sal\, a. [Cf. F. colossal, L. colosseus. See
   Colossus.]
   1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue.
      "A colossal stride." --Motley.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See
      Heroic.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

colossal
    adj 1: so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe;
           "colossal crumbling ruins of an ancient temple"; "has a
           colossal nerve"; "a prodigious storm"; "a stupendous
           field of grass"; "stupendous demand" [syn: colossal,
           prodigious, stupendous]