stupendous

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His poll numbers in the role have gone from being "stupendous" -- the description of one of his Labor opponents -- to just "very good".

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  1. adjective Of astounding force, volume, degree, or excellence; marvelous.
  2. adjective Amazingly large or great; huge. See Synonyms at enormous.

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  • And it is no wonder that the ignorance of Englishmen about America and the American ignorance of England are monumental, stupendous, amazing, passing understanding. —  The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II
  • His poll numbers in the role have gone from being "stupendous" -- the description of one of his Labor opponents -- to just "very good". —  The Australian | News |
  • The immediate task before him was stupendous, and nobly did he arise to it I was quite favourably impressed by General Berthelot (Joffre's Chief of Staff) and all the Staff Officers I met, and was much struck by their attitude and bearing. —  1914
  • So stupendous is the development from the atom to the man that no point can be fixed in the future as distant from what man is now as he is from the atom. —  Natural Law in the Spiritual World
  • In all the extraordinary cases that have ever come under my notice, I never recollect anything so amazing as this It was amazing, stupendous--so much so, that nobody spoke for a little time. —  The Slave of Silence
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tremendous ·  colossal ·  incredible ·  majestic ·  immense ·  astonish ·  appal ·  marvelous ·  monumental ·  awesome
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  1. From Late Latin stupendus, stunning, gerundive of Latin stupēre, to be stunned.

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  1. from Latin stupendus, amazing, astonishing, future participle passive of stupere, be stunned or astonished: see stupid.
 

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