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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A tremendous mischief was a foot.        --Motley.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Terrible; dreadful; frightful; terrific; horrible;
          awful.
          [1913 Webster] -- Tre*men"dous*ly, adv. --
          Tre*men"dous*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  tremendous
       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]
       2: extraordinarily good; 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, howling(a), marvelous,
           marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, wonderful, wondrous]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tremendous
     Αγγλικά a.
     τρομερός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tremendous
     a.
     1 awe-inspiring; terrific.
     2 Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
     3 extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  tremendous
     a.
     1 awe-inspiring; terrific.
     2 Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
     3 extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  tremendous
     a.
     1 awe-inspiring; terrific.
     2 Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
     3 extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  tremendous
     a.
     1 awe-inspiring; terrific.
     2 Notable for its size, power, or excellence.
     3 extremely large (in amount, extent, degree, etc.) or great

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tremendous
     Englanti a.
     erityisen suuri, valtava, erikoinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  tremendous
     Engelska a.
     enorm, oerhörd, omåttlig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Tremendous /tɹəmˈɛndəs/
  كبير

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  tremendous //tɹəˈmɛndəs// //tɹɪˈmɛndəs// 
  1. страхотен
  awe-inspiring
  2. грамаден, огромен
  extremely large (in amount, extent, degree etc.) or great; enormous; extraordinary
  3. впечатляващ
  notable for size, power or excellence