From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstupendousstu‧pen‧dous /stjuːˈpendəs $ stuː-/ adjective GOOD/EXCELLENTsurprisingly large or impressive SYN magnificent a stupendous achievement —stupendously adverb
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stupendous• The advance publicity has been stupendous, and the first issue is alleged to have sold out straight away.• A stupendous cinema epic, reduced to a sort of frantic scurrying in a goldfish bowl, might merely seem ridiculous.• Despite myself, my regard was still held by the stupendous figure prone before me.• Did he get the limp in a flying accident on one of his stupendous runs, I asked.• The stupendous storm was the result.• An algorithm purporting to match what is presumed to be operating in a human brain would need to be a stupendous thing.• The towers were jammed together so tightly, he could feel the mass and stupendous weight.Origin stupendous (1600-1700) Latin stupendus, from stupere; → STUPID1 