colossal

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  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”Synonyms: prodigiousstupendous
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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