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e·nor·mous
(ĭ-nôr′məs)adj.
1.
a. Very great in size, extent, or amount.
b. Very great in scope or import: enormous influence.
2. Archaic Very wicked; heinous.
[From Latin ēnormis, unusual, huge, monstrous : ē-, ex-, ex- + norma, norm; see gnō- in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from Middle English enormious, from Latin ēnormis.]
e·nor′mous·ly adv.
e·nor′mous·ness n.
Synonyms: enormous, immense, huge, gigantic, colossal, mammoth, tremendous, gargantuan, vast
These adjectives describe what is extraordinarily large. Enormous suggests a marked excess beyond the norm in size, amount, or degree: an enormous boulder.
Immense refers to boundless or immeasurable size or extent: an immense sky.
Huge especially implies greatness of size or capacity: a huge tanker.
Gigantic refers to size likened to that of a giant: a gigantic redwood tree.
Colossal suggests a hugeness that elicits awe or taxes belief: a valley ringed by colossal mountains.
Mammoth is applied to something of unwieldy hugeness: "mammoth stone figures in ... buckled eighteenth-century pumps, the very soles of which seem mountainously tall" (Cynthia Ozick).
Tremendous suggests awe-inspiring or fearsome size: a tremendous waterfall.
Gargantuan stresses greatness of size or capacity and often suggests extravagance or excess: "Dense schools of menhaden ... slurp up enormous quantities of plankton and detritus like gargantuan vacuum cleaners" (H. Bruce Franklin).
Vast refers to greatness of extent, size, area, or scope, and is often applied to what inspires a sense of grandeur or awe: "Another vast mountain of darkness rose, towering up like a wave that should engulf the world" (J.R.R. Tolkien).
These adjectives describe what is extraordinarily large. Enormous suggests a marked excess beyond the norm in size, amount, or degree: an enormous boulder.
Immense refers to boundless or immeasurable size or extent: an immense sky.
Huge especially implies greatness of size or capacity: a huge tanker.
Gigantic refers to size likened to that of a giant: a gigantic redwood tree.
Colossal suggests a hugeness that elicits awe or taxes belief: a valley ringed by colossal mountains.
Mammoth is applied to something of unwieldy hugeness: "mammoth stone figures in ... buckled eighteenth-century pumps, the very soles of which seem mountainously tall" (Cynthia Ozick).
Tremendous suggests awe-inspiring or fearsome size: a tremendous waterfall.
Gargantuan stresses greatness of size or capacity and often suggests extravagance or excess: "Dense schools of menhaden ... slurp up enormous quantities of plankton and detritus like gargantuan vacuum cleaners" (H. Bruce Franklin).
Vast refers to greatness of extent, size, area, or scope, and is often applied to what inspires a sense of grandeur or awe: "Another vast mountain of darkness rose, towering up like a wave that should engulf the world" (J.R.R. Tolkien).
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enormous
(ɪˈnɔːməs)adj
1. unusually large in size, extent, or degree; immense; vast
2. archaic extremely wicked; heinous
[C16: from Latin ēnormis, from ē- out of, away from + norma rule, pattern]
eˈnormously adv
eˈnormousness n
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e•nor•mous
(ɪˈnɔr məs)adj.
1. greatly exceeding the common size, extent, amount, or degree; huge; immense: an enormous mansion.
2. outrageous or atrocious: enormous crimes.
[1525–35]
e•nor′mous•ly, adv.
e•nor′mous•ness, n.
syn: See huge.
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| Adj. | 1. |  enormous - 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"big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
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enormous
adjective huge, massive, vast, extensive, tremendous, gross, excessive, immense, titanic, jumbo (informal), gigantic, monstrous, mammoth, colossal, mountainous, stellar (informal), prodigious, gargantuan, elephantine, astronomic, ginormous (informal), Brobdingnagian, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) an enormous dust cloud blocking out the sun
huge little, small, minute, tiny, wee, dwarf, trivial, insignificant, meagre, microscopic, diminutive, petite, midget, pint-sized (informal), infinitesimal, Lilliputian
huge little, small, minute, tiny, wee, dwarf, trivial, insignificant, meagre, microscopic, diminutive, petite, midget, pint-sized (informal), infinitesimal, Lilliputian
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enormous
adjective1. Of extraordinary size and power:
behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.
Informal: walloping.
Slang: whopping.
2. Archaic. Disgracefully and grossly offensive:
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Translations
ضَخْمضَخْم، هائِل
ohromný
enormkolossal
valtava
ogroman
risastór, heljarmikill
巨大な
거대한
didumas
milzīgs
ogromen
enorm
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to lớn
enormous
[ɪˈnɔːməs] ADJ1. (in physical size) [building, object] → enorme, inmenso; [person, animal] → enorme
an enormous great thing → una cosa grandísima
an enormous great thing → una cosa grandísima
2. (fig) [patience, relief] → enorme; [effort, variety] → enorme, inmenso; [problems, difficulties] → enorme, muy grande; [profits, losses] → enorme, cuantioso; [appetite] → voraz
he was on our side, and that made an enormous difference → él estaba de nuestra parte y eso supuso una enorme diferencia
an enormous amount/number of sth → una cantidad enorme de algo
the country's industrial success has been bought at an enormous cost to the environment → el medio ambiente ha pagado un precio muy alto por el éxito industrial del país
it gives me enormous pleasure to welcome Ed Lilly → es para mí un inmenso placer dar la bienvenida a Ed Lilly
I get enormous pleasure from reading → la lectura es una enorme fuente de placer para mí
he was on our side, and that made an enormous difference → él estaba de nuestra parte y eso supuso una enorme diferencia
an enormous amount/number of sth → una cantidad enorme de algo
the country's industrial success has been bought at an enormous cost to the environment → el medio ambiente ha pagado un precio muy alto por el éxito industrial del país
it gives me enormous pleasure to welcome Ed Lilly → es para mí un inmenso placer dar la bienvenida a Ed Lilly
I get enormous pleasure from reading → la lectura es una enorme fuente de placer para mí
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
enormous
[ɪˈnɔːrməs] adj [building, room, object] → énorme; [pressure, potential, impact] → énorme; [disappointment, success, influence] → énorme; [task] → énorme; [effort] → prodigieux/eusean enormous amount of money → une énorme somme d'argent
an enormous number of people → un très grand nombre de personnes
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
enormous
adj object → enorm, riesig; animal → riesig; person (= fat) → ungeheuer dick; (= tall) → riesig groß; amount, success, profits, losses, range, choice → riesig; number, quantity, variety, effort, relief → ungeheuer; difference → riesig, gewaltig; an enormous great thing (inf) → ein Riesending nt (inf); she was wearing an enormous great ruby → sie trug einen riesig großen Rubin; he has enormous talent/an enormous talent for … → er hat enorm viel Talent/ein enorm großes Talent für …; enormous amounts or sums of money → Unsummen pl; an enormous amount of work → eine Unmenge Arbeit; an enormous amount of pain → ungeheure Schmerzen pl; it means an enormous amount to me → es bedeutet mir ungeheuer viel; an enormous number of, enormous numbers of → ungeheuer viele; he was a lovely lad with enormous potential → er war ein netter Junge, aus dem enorm viel hätte werden können
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
enormous
[ɪˈnɔːməs] adj (gen) → enorme; (patience) → infinito/a; (strength) → prodigioso/a; (risk) → immenso/aan enormous number of (people, things) → una moltitudine di
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
enormous
(iˈnoːməs) adjective very large. The new building is enormous; We had an enormous lunch.
eˈnormousness nouneˈnormity noun
1. great wickedness.
2. hugeness.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
enormous
→ ضَخْم ohromný enorm enorm τεράστιος enorme valtava énorme ogroman enorme 巨大な 거대한 enorm enorm ogromny enorme громадный enorm ที่ใหญ่มหึมา muazzam to lớn 巨大的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
enormous
a. enorme, muy grande.
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