Enormous
11enormous — e|nor|mous [ ı nɔrməs ] adjective *** very large in size or quantity: The enormous birthday cake dwarfed everything else on the table. The stress they re under is enormous. an enormous amount/number/volume etc.: An enormous amount of money has… …
12enormous */*/*/ — UK [ɪˈnɔː(r)məs] / US [ɪˈnɔrməs] adjective very large in size or quantity The enormous birthday cake dwarfed everything else on the table. The stress they re under is enormous. an enormous amount/number/volume etc: An enormous amount of money has …
13enormous — enormously, adv. /i nawr meuhs/, adj. 1. greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense: an enormous fortune. 2. outrageous or atrocious: enormous wickedness; enormous crimes. [1525 35; ENORM + OUS] Syn. 1. vast, colossal,… …
14enormous — [16] Etymologically, enormous is a parallel formation to abnormal and extraordinary. It comes from Latin ēnormis, a compound adjective formed from the prefix ex ‘out of’ and norma ‘pattern, rule’ – hence literally ‘out of the usual pattern’. It… …
15enormous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. monstrous, atrocious, excessive; large, titanic, tremendous, huge, immense, colossal, gigantic, vast, prodigious, stupendous. See size, badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gigantic, tremendous,… …
16enormous — e|nor|mous W3S2 [ıˈno:məs US o:r ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: enormis out of the ordinary , from norma rule ] very big in size or in amount = ↑huge ▪ an enormous bunch of flowers ▪ an enormous amount of money ▪ The team made an… …
17enormous*/*/ — [ɪˈnɔːməs] adj very large in size or quantity an enormous birthday cake[/ex] The stress they re under is enormous.[/ex] an enormous amount of money[/ex] …
18enormous — adjective extremely large in size or in amount: an enormous bouquet of flowers | The amount of paperwork involved is enormous. enormously adverb: enormously fat enormousness noun (U) …
19enormous — e•nor•mous [[t]ɪˈnɔr məs[/t]] adj. 1) greatly exceeding the common size, extent, amount, or degree; huge; immense: an enormous mansion[/ex] 2) outrageous or atrocious: enormous crimes[/ex] • Etymology: 1525–35 e•nor′mous•ly, adv. e•nor′mous•ness …
20enormous — /əˈnɔməs / (say uh nawmuhs), /i / (say ee ) adjective 1. greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc.; huge; immense: *But every day Australians eat enormous numbers of sharks. –cyril pearl, 1959. 2. outrageous or atrocious: enormous… …
