English-Thai Dictionary

tremendous

ADJ ดีมาก  de-mak

 

tremendous

ADJ ใหญ่โต มาก  yai-to-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TREMENDOUS

a.[L. tremendus, from tremo, to tremble. ] 1. Such as may excite fear or terror; terrible; dreadful. Hence,
2. Violent; such as may astonish by its force and violence; as a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall; a tremendous noise.

 

TREMENDOUSLY

adv. In a manner to terrify or astonish; with great violence.

 

TREMENDOUSNESS

n.The state or quality of being tremendous, terrible or violent.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TREMENDOUS

Tre *men "dous, a. Etym: [L. tremendus that is to be trembled at, fearful, fr. tremere to tremble. See Tremble. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tremendous

tre men dous |trəˈmendəs trəˈmɛndəs | ▶adjective very great in amount, scale, or intensity: Penny put in a tremendous amount of time | there was a tremendous explosion. • informal extremely good or impressive; excellent: the crew did a tremendous job. DERIVATIVES tre men dous ly adverb, tre men dous ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin tremendus (gerundive of tremere ‘tremble ’) + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

tremendous

tre ¦men |dous |trɪˈmɛndəs | ▶adjective 1 very great in amount, scale, or intensity: Penny put in a tremendous amount of time | there was a tremendous explosion. • informal extremely good or impressive; excellent: the crew did a tremendous job. 2 archaic inspiring awe or dread. DERIVATIVES tremendously adverb, tremendousness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin tremendus (gerundive of tremere ‘tremble ’) + -ous .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tremendous

tremendous adjective 1 tremendous sums of money: huge, enormous, immense, colossal, massive, prodigious, stupendous, monumental, mammoth, vast, gigantic, giant, mighty, epic, titanic, towering, king-size (d ), jumbo, gargantuan, Herculean; substantial, considerable, Brobdingnagian; informal whopping, astronomical, humongous, ginormous. ANTONYMS tiny, small, slight. 2 a tremendous explosion: very loud, deafening, ear-splitting, booming, thundering, thunderous, resounding. ANTONYMS soft. 3 informal I've seen him play and he's tremendous: excellent, splendid, wonderful, marvelous, magnificent, superb, sublime, lovely, delightful, too good to be true; informal super, great, amazing, fantastic, terrific, sensational, heavenly, divine, fabulous, awesome, to die for, magic, wicked, mind-blowing, splendiferous, far out, out of this world, brilliant, boss, swell. ANTONYMS bad, poor.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tremendous

tremendous adjective 1 tremendous sums of money: very great, huge, enormous, immense, colossal, massive, prodigious, stupendous, monumental, mammoth, vast, gigantic, giant, mighty, epic, monstrous, titanic, towering, king-sized, king-size, gargantuan, Herculean, Brobdingnagian; substantial; informal whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, astronomical, astronomic, mega, monster, humongous, jumbo, hulking, bumper; Brit. informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous. ANTONYMS tiny, small, slight. 2 a tremendous explosion: very loud, deafening, ear-splitting, ear-piercing, booming, thundering, thunderous, roaring, resounding, crashing. ANTONYMS soft. 3 informal I've seen him play and he's tremendous: excellent, wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, splendid, glorious, sublime, lovely, delightful, first-class, first-rate, outstanding; consummate, perfect; informal super, great, smashing, amazing, fantastic, terrific, phenomenal, sensational, incredible, heavenly, stellar, gorgeous, dreamy, grand, fabulous, fab, fabby, fantabulous, awesome, magic, ace, crack, cool, mean, bad, wicked, mega, crucial, mind-blowing, far out, A1, sound, out of this world, marvy, spanking; Brit. informal brilliant, brill, bosting; N. Amer. informal peachy, dandy, jim-dandy, neat, badass, boss, radical, rad, boffo, bully, bitching, bodacious, crackerjack; Austral. /NZ informal beaut, bonzer; S. African informal kif, lank; black English dope, def, phat; informal, dated groovy, divine; Brit. informal, dated capital, champion, wizard, corking, ripping, cracking, spiffing, top-hole, topping, beezer; N. Amer. informal, dated swell, keen; vulgar slang shit-hot; archaic goodly. ANTONYMS bad, poor.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tremendous

tre men dous /trəméndəs /〖語源は 「震えさせる (tremble )ような 」〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 ｟くだけて ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(数量 程度 強さなどが )ものすごい , とてつもない, すさまじい ▸ a tremendous amount of work 膨大な量の仕事 ▸ under tremendous pressure 大変なプレッシャーを受けて ▸ a tremendous earthquake 巨大地震 2 ｟くだけて ｠すばらしい, とても優れた ▸ do a tremendous job すばらしい仕事をする 3 (人を震わせるほど )恐ろしい .～ness 名詞

 

tremendously

tre m é n dous ly 副詞 ものすごく, すさまじく, すばらしく ; とても, 非常に ▸ tremendously hard work とても骨の折れる仕事